Intermediate Care Units. Health care consequences in a reference hospital;Unidades de Cuidados Intermedios. Consecuencias asistenciales en un hospital de referencia

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Heras, A ^a   Abizanda, R ^a,b   Belenguer, A ^a   Vidal, B ^a   Ferrandiz A ^a   Mico M L ^a   Alvaro R ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario Asociado General de Castello   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care activity; Intermediate Care Unit; Mortality; Prognosis; Seriousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 35448947809     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(07)74839-8     Document Type: Article

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