Outcome of children with different accessibility to tertiary pediatric intensive care in a developing country - A prospective cohort study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Goh, Adrian Yu Teik ^a   Abdel Latif, Mohd El Amin ^a   Lum, Lucy Chai See ^a   Abu Bakar, Mohd Nazir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Centralization; Community health services; Inter hospital transport; Outcome analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037274813     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1534-9     Document Type: Article

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