Affordable health care for all Canadians?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1614-1615

  Teres, Dan ^a   Rapoport, John ^b   Jacobs, Philip ^c  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian healthcare system; Charlson index; Intensive care unit; Intensive care unit utilization; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

CANADA; CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ONTARIO; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3142658589     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000130820.75682.48     Document Type: Editorial

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