Survival of patients transferred to tertiary intensive care from rural community hospitals

Critical Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-104

  Surgenor, S D ^a   Corwin, H L ^a   Clerico, T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interhospital transport; Rural health services; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONALIZATION; RISK; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; WARD;

EID: 0035065477     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc993     Document Type: Article

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