Demographic and clinical variation of adult intensive care unit utilization from a geographically defined population

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2113-2119

  Seferian, Edward G ^a,b   Afessa, Bekele ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Intensive care units; Outcomes research; Population based planning; Resource utilization; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748097639     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000227652.08185.A4     Document Type: Article

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