The association between ICU level of care and mortality in the Netherlands

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 304-311

  Kluge, Georg Heinrich ^a   Brinkman, Sylvia ^b,i   van Berkel, Giel ^c,i   van der Hoeven, Johannes ^d   Jacobs, Crétien ^e,i   Snel, Yvonne E M ^f   Vogelaar, John P W ^g   de Keizer, Nicolette F ^b,i   Boon, Emiel S ^h  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f Association of General Hospitals (SAZ)   (Netherlands)

^g NIJ SMELLINGHE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h Ziekenhuis Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

ⁱ National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical care mortality; Critical care outcome; Intensive care level; Intensive care volume; SMR; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; VENTILATED PATIENT; AGED; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84922239737     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3620-1     Document Type: Article

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