Determining the value of critical care

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 302-308

  Pronovost, Peter ^a   Angus, Derek C ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Outcome; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032862138     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-199909000-00005     Document Type: Review

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