Intensive care units in Croatia: 2001 Survey

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 713-721

  Degoricija, Vesna ^a   Šefer, Siniša ^a   Kujundžić Tiljak, Mirjana ^b   Gjurašin, Mirko ^c  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Data collection; Databases; Intensive care units; Survey

Indexed keywords

CORONARY CARE UNIT; CROATIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CROATIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036884485     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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