Safer discharge from intensive care to hospital wards: Randomisation is necessary to disentangle intrinsic patient risk from effects of care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7297, 2001, Pages 1261-1262

  McPherson, K ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

APACHE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 0035954111     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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