Quality Improvement or Unintended Consequences?

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Editorial

Margaret M Parker. Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1589-1591.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006009. Epub 2023 Oct 12.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Parker has disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

Translating Policy to Practice: An Association Between Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Implementation and Palliative Care Consultations and Perioperative Mortality in Critical Care.
Olanipekun T, Sanghavi D, Moreno Franco P, Robinson MT, Thomas M, Kiley S, Paghdar S, Sareyyupoglu B, Diaz Milian R. Olanipekun T, et al. Crit Care Med. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1461-1468. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005982. Epub 2023 Jun 28. Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 37378470

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