Case mix, outcome and length of stay for admissions to adult, general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: The Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre Case Mix Programme Database

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Harrison, David A ^a   Brady, Anthony R ^a   Rowan, Kathy ^a  

^a and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case mix; Critical care; High quality clinical database; Intensive care units; Length of stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 50549099180     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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