Patterns of daily costs differ for medical and surgical intensive care unit patients

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1831-1836

  Gershengorn, Hayley B ^a   Garland, Allan ^b   Gong, Michelle N ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Hospital costs; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84951024132     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201506-366BC     Document Type: Article

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