Outcome evaluation in a surgical intensive care unit in Barbados

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 434-441

  Hariharan, S ^a   Moseley, H S L ^a   Kumar, A Y ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

Author keywords

APACHE II evaluation: cost analysis, TISS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; APACHE; BARBADOS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036255498     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0003-2409.2001.02648.x     Document Type: Article

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