ICU bed supply, utilization, and health care spending: an example of demand elasticity

JAMA. 2014 Feb 12;311(6):567-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.283800.

Authors

Rebecca A Gooch¹, Jeremy M Kahn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 24408679
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.283800

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cost Control
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Health Expenditures*
Health Services Needs and Demand / trends*
Hospital Bed Capacity / statistics & numerical data*
Intensive Care Units / economics*
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
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