Prognosis and quality of life of elderly patients after intensive care
Ageing of the world’s population raises important questions about the utilisation of the health care system. It is not clear how much should be invested in the last years of life whereas the costs are known to increase in parallel. Since intensive care units (ICU) are costly with highly specia...
| Published in: | Swiss Medical Weekly |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW)
2012-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1585 |