The importance of understanding the costs of critical care and mechanical ventilation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1434-1435

  Needham, Dale M ^a,b   Pronovost, Peter J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Critical care; Critical illness; Health policy; Intensive care units; Length of stay; Mechanical ventilation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COST ALLOCATION; COST CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444495318     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000166360.82336.75     Document Type: Editorial

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