Geographic access to high capability severe acute respiratory failure centers in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wallace, David J ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a   Seymour, Christopher W ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a   Carr, Brendan G ^b   Kurland, Kristen ^c   Boujoukos, Arthur ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899089440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094057     Document Type: Article

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