Care grading in intensive medicine: Intermediate Care Units;Gradación asistencial en medicina intensiva: Unidades de Cuidados Intermedios

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-45

  Castillo Suero, F ^a   Lopez J M ^a   Marco, R ^a   Gonzalez J A ^a   Puppo, A M ^a   Murillo, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Care grading; Intermediate care units

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; REVIEW;

EID: 33947531931     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(07)74768-X     Document Type: Article

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