Health policy and future planning for survivors of critical illness

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-518

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b,c   Angus, Derek C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Disease management; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Public policy; Reimbursement mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34548447578     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282efb7c9     Document Type: Review

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