Increased 1-year healthcare use in survivors of severe sepsis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-69

  Prescott, Hallie C ^a   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b,c   Liu, Vincent ^d   Escobar, Gabriel J ^d   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HSR and D Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare facilities; Hospitalization; Patient outcomes assessment; Patient readmission; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SEVERE SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903837831     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201403-0471OC     Document Type: Article

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