The cost impact of hospital-acquired conditions among critical care patients

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 518-526

  Saleh, Shadi S ^a   Callan, Mark ^b   Therriault, Mary ^c   Landor, Nancy ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b DataGen Inc   (United States)

^c Healthcare Association of New York State   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Critical care; Hospital acquired complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICARE; PEPTIC ULCER; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77952888265     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181dbd7ef     Document Type: Article

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