The intensive care unit volume-mortality relationship, is bigger better? An integrative literature review

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 157-164

  Abbenbroek, Brett ^a   Duffield, Christine M ^a   Elliott, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Mortality; Outcome; Quality; Volume

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; WORKLOAD;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84912571078     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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