Geographical variation in use of intensive care: a nationwide study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1895-1902

  Vestergaard, Anne Høy Seemann ^a   Christiansen, Christian Fynbo ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^a   Christensen, Steffen ^a   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Critical care; Geographical variation; Intensive care units; Patient admission

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TAX; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CITIES; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84942505957     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3999-3     Document Type: Article

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