Impact of a neuroscience intensive care unit on neurosurgical patient outcomes and cost of care: Evidence-based support for an intensivist-directed specialty ICU model of care

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-92

  Mirski, Marek A ^a,b,c   Chang, Cherylee W J ^a,b   Cowan, Robert ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Intensive care; Neurosurgery; Outcomes analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMA; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035085432     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200104000-00004     Document Type: Article

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