Effect of admission time on mortality in an intensive care unit in Mainland China: A propensity score matching analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ju, Min Jie ^a   Tu, Guo Wei ^a   Han, Yan ^a   He, Hong Yu ^a   He, Yi Zhou ^a   Mao, Hai Lei ^a   Wu, Zhao Guang ^a   Yin, Yi Qing ^a   Luo, Jian Feng ^a   Zhu, Du Ming ^a   Luo, Zhe ^a   Xue, Zhang Gang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; WORKING TIME; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; APACHE; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84885153619     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13053     Document Type: Article

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