Variation in long-term acute care hospital use after intensive care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b   Werner, Rachel M ^c,d   Carson, Shannon S ^e   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care; long term acute care; mechanical ventilation; post acute care utilization; practice variation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860508479     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558711432889     Document Type: Review

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