The relationship between hospital spending and mortality in patients with sepsis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-299

  Lagu, Tara ^a,b   Rothberg, Michael B ^a,b   Nathanson, Brian H ^c   Pekow, Penelope S ^a,d   Steingrub, Jay S ^a,b   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OptiStatim LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS;

EID: 79952270875     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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