Family members' needs at intensive care units: comparative analysis between a public and a private hospital Necesidades de los familiares de pacientes en unidades de terapia intensiva: análisis comparativo entre hospital público y privado Necessidades de familiares de pacientes em unidades de terapia intensiva: análise comparativa entre hospital público e privado

This cross-sectional study proposed to analyze the needs of adult ICU patients' family members at a public and a private hospital, regarding their level of importance and satisfaction. Ninety-one family members were interviewed, 47 from the public hospital and 44 from the private one, using the...

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Main Authors: Kátia Santana Freitas, Miako Kimura, Karine Azevedo São Leão Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-02-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692007000100013