Age, risk, and life expectancy in Norwegian intensive care: a registry-based population modelling study.

BACKGROUND:Knowledge about the expected life years gained from intensive care unit (ICU) admission could inform priority-setting decisions across groups of ICU patients and across medical specialties. The aim of this study was to estimate expected remaining lifetime for patients admitted to ICUs dur...

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Main Authors: Frode Lindemark, Øystein A Haaland, Reidar Kvåle, Hans Flaatten, Kjell A Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444302?pdf=render