The place of the high dependency unit in a modern New Zealand hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1067, 1998, Pages 203-205

  Havill, Jack H ^a   Cranston, Denise ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032510845     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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