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...

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Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Main Authors:	Marco Conti, Paolo Merlani, Bara Ricou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2012-09-01
Subjects:	home return ICU old oldest old outcome
Online Access:	https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1585

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