Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2004
Multicenter StudyEffectiveness and efficiency of intensive care medicine: variable costs in different diagnosis groups.
To establish the effectiveness of ICU treatment and the efficiency in the use of resources in patients stratified according to 10 diagnosis and two levels-of-care. To propose strategies aimed at reducing costs and improving efficiency in each patient group. ⋯ Analysis of variable patient-specific cost was used as a tool to assess intensive care performance in patient subgroups with different diagnosis and levels-of-care.