Health care resource use and costs of two-year survivors of acute lung injury: An observational cohort study

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 392-401

  Ruhl, A Parker ^a,b   Lord, Robert K ^a   Panek, Julia A ^a   Colantuoni, Elizabeth ^a,c   Sepulveda, Kristin A ^a   Chong, Alexandra ^a,d   Dinglas, Victor D ^a   Shanholtz, Carl B ^e   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,c   Steinwachs, Donald M ^c   Needham, Dale M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Critical care; Health care costs; Long term survivors; Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961289972     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201409-422OC     Document Type: Article

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