Institutional variations in frequency of discharge of elderly intensive care survivors to postacute care facilities

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2319-2328

  Kramer, Andrew A ^a   Zimmerman, Jack E ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health evaluation; elderly; intensive care units; nursing homes; patient discharge planning; postacute care; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650310743     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181fa02e4     Document Type: Article

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