Addressing the growth in intensive care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1226-1228

  Seymour, Christopher W ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84866112963     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3773     Document Type: Note

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