Impact of standard procedures and clinical standards on cost-effectiveness and intensive care unit performance in adult patients after cardiac surgery

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1367-1373

  Kern, H ^a   Kox, W J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cost effectiveness; Intensive care performance; Management; Organization; Scoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033390260     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340051083     Document Type: Article

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