The Intermediate CCU Admission: A Preliminary Study

Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-23

  Calvin, James E ^a   Klein, Lloyd ^a   VandenBerg, Elizabeth ^a   Parrillo, Joseph E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Coronary care unit; Intermediate care unit; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035240526     PISSN: 1521737X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132580-200101000-00004     Document Type: Article

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