Visiting adult patients in intensive care: The importance of relatives' travel and time costs

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-48

  Thalanany, Mariamma M ^a   Mugford, Miranda ^a   Mitchell Inwang, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Private costs; Relatives; Visiting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 30744443469     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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