Volume-outcome relationships: Is it the individual or the team?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2495-2497

  Stockwell, David C ^a   Slonim, Anthony D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative database; Critical care; Mechanical ventilation; Mortality; Volume associated mortality

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33747504277     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000235670.52161.10     Document Type: Editorial

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