Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: An epidemiologic study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 638-643

  Angus, Derek C ^a,b   Barnato, Amber E ^a,b   Linde Zwirble, Walter T ^c   Weissfeld, Lisa A ^b   Watson, R Scott ^a   Rickert, Tim ^c   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Health Process Management LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Epidemiology; Intensive care units; Mortality; National health policy; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542509851     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000114816.62331.08     Document Type: Article

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