Costs of the COPD. Differences between intensive care unit and respiratory intermediate care unit

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 894-900

  Bertolini, Guido ^a   Confalonieri, Marco ^b   Rossi, Carlotta ^a   Rossi, Giancarlo ^c   Simini, Bruno ^d   Gorini, Massimo ^e   Corrado, Antonio ^e   Pennacchioni, Silvio ^f   Pecunia, Laura ^f   Franco, Gabriele ^f   Visconti, Maria Grazia ^f   Todesco, Livio ^f   Giannoni, Stafano ^f   Mantovani, Giorgio ^f   Melis, Piergiorgio ^f   Negri, Giovanni ^f   Della Grazia, Laura ^f   Salvi, Giovanni ^f   Trivella, Patrizia ^f   Ciceri, Gabriella ^f   Vianello, Andrea ^f   Villella, Giuseppe ^f   Marchese, Santino ^f   LoCoco, Albino ^f   Potena, Alfredo ^f   Piatella, Marco ^f   Mollica, Corrado ^f   Della Porta, Rossana ^f   Parigi, PierCarlo ^f   more..

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Spedali Riuniti   (Italy)

^d Rianimazione e Terapia Antalgica   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Costs; Intensive care units; Respiratory intermediate care units

Indexed keywords

RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

EID: 20444387954     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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