Critical care services: Is regionalization the answer?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3114-3116

  Vail, Sydney ^a   Putnam, Tyler ^a   Slonim, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Critical care; Intensive care unit variation; Manpower; Regionalization; Resource use; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56049119846     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818bda50     Document Type: Editorial

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