Interhospital transfer of critically ill patients: Demographic and outcomes comparison with nontransferred intensive care unit patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-295

  Hill, Andrea D ^a   Vingilis, Evelyn ^b   Martin, Claudio M ^a,b   Hartford, Kathleen ^b   Speechley, Kathy N ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Critically ill; Health services; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WARD;

COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 37049015988     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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