Risk of Death Influences Regional Variation in Intensive Care Unit Admission Rates among the Elderly in the United States.
The extent to which geographic variability in ICU admission across the United States is driven by patients with lower risk of death is unknown.To determine whether patients at low to moderate risk of death contribute to geographic variation in ICU admission.Retrospective cohort of hospitalizations a...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5127515?pdf=render |