A prospective audit of costs of intensive care in cancer patients in India

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 292-297

  Kulkarni, Atul ^a   Divatia, Jigeeshu ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; costs; effective cost per survivor; health economics; intensive care; length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASM; OPERATING ROOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WARD;

EID: 84889649258     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.120321     Document Type: Article

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