Scarcity: The context of rationing in an Ontario ICU

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1476-1482

  Cooper, Andrew B ^a,b   Sibbald, Robert ^c   Scales, Damon C ^b,d   Rozmovits, Linda ^e   Sinuff, Tasnim ^b,d  

^a WILLIAM OSLER HEALTH SYSTEM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^e Qualitative Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethics; health care rationing; ICU; qualitative research; resource allocation; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOVERY ROOM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; SCARCITY; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878621886     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31827cab6a     Document Type: Article

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