The effect of transfer and hospital volume in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-323

  Nuño, Miriam ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^a   Lyden, Patrick ^a   Drazin, Doniel ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clip; Coil; Complications; Hospital volume; Mortality; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Total charges; Transfer effect

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ANEURYSM CLIP; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84874585597     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9740-y     Document Type: Article

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