Effect of deprivation and gender on the incidence and management of acute brain disorders

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1729-1734

  Macleod, M R ^a   Andrews, P J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care rationing; Intensive care units; Nervous system diseases; Patient care management; Poverty; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0036449587     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1519-8     Document Type: Article

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