Critical care rationing: International comparisons

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1618-1624

  Evans, Timothy W ^a   Nava, Stefano ^b   Mata, Guillermo Vazquez ^c   Guidet, Bertrand ^d   Estenssoro, Elisa ^e   Fowler, Robert ^f   Scheunemann, Leslie P ^g   White, Douglas ^h   Manthous, Constantine A ⁱ  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HÔpital Saint Antoine   (France)

^e Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos de La Plata   (Argentina)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CANADA; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SPAIN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455163172     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0957     Document Type: Review

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