Demand and availability of intensive care beds: A study based on the data collected at the SUEM 118 Central of Padua from October 1996 to December 2001

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 625-639

  Barbieri, S ^a,b   Feltracco, P ^a   Michieletto, E ^a   Basso, I ^a   Spagna, A ^a   Giron, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Anestesia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Ospital bed capacity; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOVERY ROOM; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RECOVERY ROOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 1542709738     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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