More men than women are admitted to 9 intensive care units in British Columbia

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 630.e1-630.e8

  Dodek, Peter ^a,b   Kozak, Jean Francois ^a,b,c   Norena, Monica ^a   Wong, Hubert ^a,b  

^a Ctr Hlth Eval and Outcome Sci   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Center for Healthy Aging at Providence   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Intensive care; Sex distribution

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449702341     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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