Generating evidence on best practice in long-term acute care hospitals

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 719-720

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b   Carson, Shannon S ^c  

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST CONTROL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874009239     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.848     Document Type: Editorial

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