The opportunity cost of futile treatment in the ICU

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1977-1982

  Huynh, Thanh N ^a   Kleerup, Eric C ^a   Raj, Prince P ^b   Wenger, Neil S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; futile; opportunity cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84906789707     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000402     Document Type: Article

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