Three-year outcomes for medicare beneficiaries who survive intensive care

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 849-856

  Wunsch, Hannah ^a   Guerra, Carmen ^a   Barnato, Amber E ^b   Angus, Derek C ^b   Li, Guohua ^a   Linde Zwirble, Walter T ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ZD Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR;

EID: 77649205682     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.216     Document Type: Article

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