Clinical review: International comparisons in critical care - lessons learned

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Murthy, Srinivas ^a   Wunsch, Hannah ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISASTER PLANNING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROCEDURES;

CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 84860326828     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11140     Document Type: Review

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