Analysis of resource use and cost-generating factors in a German medical intensive care unit employing the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28)

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 324-331

  Graf, Jürgen ^a   Graf, Carmen ^a   Janssens, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Health resources; Intensive care; Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

APACHE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 0036120612     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-001-1201-6     Document Type: Article

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