Mechanical ventilation in medical departments: a necessary evil, or a blessing in bad disguise?

Abstract In most countries there is a mismatch between demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds and ICU bed availability. Because of a policy of low ICU-bed reimbursement this mismatch is much more profound in Israel, which arguably has the lowest number of ICU beds/1000 population of OECD countrie...

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Main Authors: Yuval Schwartz, Amir Jarjoui, Amos M. Yinnon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-019-0322-8