Assessing the value of intensive care

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1240-1241

  Barbash, Ian J ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84942279131     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.11171     Document Type: Editorial

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