Health technology assessment in critical care

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2183-2191

  Scales, Damon C ^a,b   Laupacis, Andreas ^b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes quantification; Cost benefit evaluation; Diagnostic and therapeutic devices; Health technology assessment; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 36448942919     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0909-3     Document Type: Review

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