Do burn patients cost more? the intensive care unit costs of burn patients compared with controls matched for length of stay and acuity

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 598-602

  Patil, Vikram ^a   Dulhunty, Joel M ^b,c   Udy, Andrew ^b,c   Thomas, Peter ^b,c   Kucharski, Geraldine ^b,c   Lipman, Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; SEDATIVE AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BANDAGES; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954957660     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181e4d6a4     Document Type: Article

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