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Article: A German national prevalence study on the cost of intensive care: an evaluation from 51 intensive care units.(Research)
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- Critical Care
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- June 26, 2007
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Authors: Onnen Moerer (corresponding author) [1]; Enno Plock [1]; Uchenna Mgbor [1]; Alexandra Schmid [2]; Heinz Schneider [2]; Manfred Bernd Wischnewsky [3]; Hilmar Burchardi [1]
Introduction
Intensive care units (ICUs) currently represent the largest clinical cost centres in hospitals, with expenses estimated to reach up to 20% of a hospital's budget [1]. The total cost per ICU patient highly depends on the severity of illness and the length of the ICU stay [2, 3, 4, 5]. Complications and the need for prolonged mechanical ventilation lead to an increase in diagnostic procedures, invasive monitoring and the amount of drugs and blood products, ...
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