Prolonged mechanical ventilation is even more expensive [4]

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2881-2882

  Cox, Christopher ^a   Carson, Shannon ^a   Sanders, Gillian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 36448976256     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000295468.18311.9E     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Cox CE, Carson SS, Govert JA, et al: An economic evaluation of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med 2007; 35:1918-1927
2. Noseworthy TW, Konopad E, Shustack A, et al: Cost accounting of adult intensive care: Methods and human and capital inputs. Crit Care Med 1996; 24:1168-1172
3. Detsky AS, Laupacis A: Relevance of costeffectiveness analysis to clinicians and policy makers. JAMA 2007; 298:221-224
4. Gold MR, Siegel JE, Russell LB, et al (Eds): Cost-effectiveness in health and medicine. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996