Hospital-Level Variation in ICU Admission and Critical Care Procedures for Patients Hospitalized for Pulmonary Embolism

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1452-1461

  Admon, Andrew J ^a   Seymour, Christopher W ^b   Gershengorn, Hayley B ^c   Wunsch, Hannah ^d   Cooke, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937618616     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0059     Document Type: Article

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