Length of ICU stay for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease varies among large community hospitals

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 590-595

  Keenan, Sean P ^a,b   Dodek, Peter ^a   Chan, Keith ^a,c   Hogg, Robert S ^a,c   Craib, Kevin J P ^a,c   Anis, Aslam H ^a,c   Spinelli, John J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Critical care unit; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Intensive care; Length of ICU stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037399125     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1670-x     Document Type: Article

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