A cost-effectiveness analysis of postoperative goal-directed therapy for high-risk surgical patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1194-1203

  Ebm, Claudia ^a   Cecconi, Maurizio ^a,b   Sutton, Les ^a   Rhodes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; goal directed therapy; qualityadjusted life years; resource allocation; statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

AFTERCARE; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84899586075     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000164     Document Type: Article

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