Outcomes Research in Critical Care: Results of the American Thoracic Society Critical Care Assembly Workshop on Outcomes Research

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 358-367

  Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a   Angus, Derek C ^b   Pinsky, Michael R ^b   Curtis, J Randall ^b   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^b   Bernard, Gordon R ^b   Carlet, Jean ^b   Lanken, Paul N ^b   Lave, Judith ^b   Marshall, John ^b   Slutsky, Arthur ^b   Clancy, Carolyn ^b   Cook, Deborah ^b   Jacobs, Phillip ^b   Straube, Richard ^b   Iezzoni, Lisa ^b   Jollis, James ^b   Klar, Janelle ^b   Roberts, Mark S ^b   Linde Zwirble, Walter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032783880     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9807118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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