The impact of long-term acute-care facilities on the outcome and cost of care for patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 342-350

  Seneff, Michael G ^a   Wagner, Doug ^a   Thompson, Douglas ^a   Honeycutt, Charlene ^a   Silver, Michael R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diagnosis related groups; Insurance; Intensive care; Long term care; Medicare; Respiratory insufficiency; Tracheostomy; Ventilation; Ventilator weaning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034049014     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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