Does intermediate care improve patient outcomes or reduce costs?

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMEDIATE CARE; INTERMEDIATE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MORTALITY; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; NURSING HOME; TRENDS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924236480     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-0813-0     Document Type: Article

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