NIV at home: Resource implications [1]

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 644-

  Turner, L ^a   Cooper, B ^a   Watson, L ^a   Britton, J ^a   Wharton, S ^a   Kinnear, W ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; LETTER; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037677352     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.7.644     Document Type: Letter

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