Florence Nightingale and the Conundrum of Counting ICU Beds

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine; and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.

Editorial

David J Wallace et al. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;43(11):2517-8.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001290.

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine; and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Comment on

Critical Care Medicine Beds, Use, Occupancy, and Costs in the United States: A Methodological Review.
Halpern NA, Pastores SM. Halpern NA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2452-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001227. Crit Care Med. 2015. PMID: 26308432 Free PMC article. Review.

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