Cost effectiveness of aggressive care for patients with nontraumatic coma

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1191-1196

  Hamel, Mary Beth ^a   Phillips, Russell ^a   Teno, Joan ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Goldman, Lee ^a   Lynn, Joanne ^a   Desbiens, Norman ^a   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^a   Tsevat, Joel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coma; Cost effectiveness; Costs cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Medical decision making; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALCULATION; COMA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 0036277455     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200206000-00002     Document Type: Article

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