Contributors to variation in hospital spending for critically ill patients with sepsis

Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Lagu, Tara ^a,b   Rothberg, Michael B ^c   Nathanson, Brian H ^d   Hannon, Nicholas S ^a   Steingrub, Jay S ^a,b   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OptiStatim LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Critical illness; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888225471     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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