Cost of care in critical illness
Intensive care units (ICUs) are an expensive [1-4] and growing [4,5] part of health care in developed nations. Greater consumer expectations, ageing populations [6, 7], demand for sophisticated technologies [8], and, in the United States (US), defensive medicine [9] are increasing demand for intensi...
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Springer Milan
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31659 |