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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| description | 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 intensive care. Intensive care is increasingly being provided to older and sicker patients, many of whom would not have been referred for intensive care in the past [10]. The proportion of health care resources needed may be seen as disproportionate [2, 11-23] but intensive care requires many highly skilled staff in a complex, expensive, technology-driven environment [4]. © 2005 Springer-Verlag Italia. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-316592017-09-13T15:20:31Z Cost of care in critical illness Williams, Teresa Dobb, G. 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 intensive care. Intensive care is increasingly being provided to older and sicker patients, many of whom would not have been referred for intensive care in the past [10]. The proportion of health care resources needed may be seen as disproportionate [2, 11-23] but intensive care requires many highly skilled staff in a complex, expensive, technology-driven environment [4]. © 2005 Springer-Verlag Italia. 2009 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31659 10.1007/88-470-0350-4_16 Springer Milan restricted |
| spellingShingle | Williams, Teresa Dobb, G. Cost of care in critical illness |
| title | Cost of care in critical illness |
| title_full | Cost of care in critical illness |
| title_fullStr | Cost of care in critical illness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cost of care in critical illness |
| title_short | Cost of care in critical illness |
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