Chronically critically ill patients: Health-related quality of life and resource use after a disease management intervention

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-457

  Douglas, Sara L ^a   Daly, Barbara J ^a   Kelley, Carol Genet ^a   O'Toole, Elizabeth ^a   Montenegro, Hugo ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449119893     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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