Intensive care services; A crisis of increasing expressed demand

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-120

  Parker, A ^a   Wyatt, R ^a   Ridley, S ^a  

^a Adults and Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Statistics

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031983042     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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