Does a single specialty intensive care unit make better business sense than a multi-specialty intensive care unit? A costing study in a trauma center in India

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-194

  Kumar, Parmeshwar ^a   Jithesh, Vishwanathan ^b   Gupta, Shakti Kumar ^c  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence Government Of India   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; traditional costing method; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DEVICE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROSURGERY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; POLYTRAUMA INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84925341266     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.152883     Document Type: Article

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