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Hospital‐Level Variation in the Use of Intensive Care
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Christopher W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIwashyna, Theodore J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEhlenbach, William J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWunsch, Hannahen_US
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Colin R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-02T17:20:12Z
dc.date.available2013-11-04T19:53:16Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-10en_US
dc.identifier.citationSeymour, Christopher W.; Iwashyna, Theodore J.; Ehlenbach, William J.; Wunsch, Hannah; Cooke, Colin R. (2012). "Hospital‐Level Variation in the Use of Intensive Care." Health Services Research (5): 2060-2080. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93706>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0017-9124en_US
dc.identifier.issn1475-6773en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93706
dc.publisherAmerican Hospital Associationen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherHospitalsen_US
dc.subject.otherVariationen_US
dc.subject.otherCritical Illnessen_US
dc.subject.otherIntensive Careen_US
dc.titleHospital‐Level Variation in the Use of Intensive Careen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.pmid22985033en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93706/1/hesr1402.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01402.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceHealth Services Researchen_US
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