Measuring the outcome of paediatric intensive care

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-51

  Fulbrook, Paul ^a   Foxcroft, David ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033068491     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(99)80064-0     Document Type: Article

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