Benchmarking in critical care: The road ahead

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 326-328

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Szalados, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036171948     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.2.326     Document Type: Editorial

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