Changes in hospital costs after introducing an intermediate care unit: A comparative observational study

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Solberg, Barbara C J ^a   Dirksen, Carmen D ^a   Nieman, Fred H M ^a   Van Merode, Godefridus ^a   Poeze, Martijn ^a   Ramsay, Graham ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMEDIATE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; WARD; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 44649200391     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6903     Document Type: Article

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