Organizational characteristics of intensive care units related to outcomes of abdominal aortic surgery

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1310-1317

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Jenckes, Mollie W ^a   Dorman, Todd ^a   Garrett, Elizabeth ^b   Breslow, Michael J ^a   Rosenfeld, Brian A ^a   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a   Bass, Eric ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033553194     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.14.1310     Document Type: Article

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