Effects of an organized critical care service on outcomes and resource utilization: A cohort study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 270-274

  Hanson III, C William ^a,c   Deutschman, Clifford S ^a   Anderson III, Harry L ^a   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   Behringer, Elizabeth C ^b   Schwab, C William ^a   Price, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score; Cohort study; Human; Intensive care units; Length of stay; Organizational innovation; Outcome assessment; Prospective studies; Quality of health care; Teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032911792     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00030     Document Type: Article

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