The critical care medicine crisis: A call for federal action - A white paper from the critical care professional societies

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Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1518-1521

  Ewart, Gary W ^a   Marcus, Lynne ^b   Gaba, Michael M ^b   Bradner, Robert H ^b   Medina, Justine L ^c   Chandler, Eric B ^d  

^a American Thoracic Society   (United States)

^b American College of Chest Physicians   (United States)

^c American Association of Critical Care Nurses   (United States)

^d Society of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Workforce shortage

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSING; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7644224083     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.4.1518     Document Type: Article

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