Patients admitted to Australian intensive care units: Impact of remoteness and distance travelled on patient outcome

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 256-267

  Flabouris, Arthas ^a,b   Hart, Graeme K ^c   Nicholls, Angela ^d  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MacroHealth Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84873191458     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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