Insurance status and mortality in critically ill patients

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-49

  Gabriel, Lucinda E K ^a   Bailey, Michael J ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c   Stow, Peter ^a   Orford, Neil ^a   McGain, Forbes ^d   Santamaria, John ^e   Scheinkestel, Carlos ^f   Pilcher, David V ^f  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHICS; IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORT ACCIDENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84982946511     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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