The healthcare costs of intoxicated patients who survive ICU admission are higher than non-intoxicated ICU patients: a retrospective study combining healthcare insurance data and data from a Dutch national quality registry

The healthcare costs of intoxicated patients who survive ICU admission are higher than non-intoxicated ICU patients: a retrospective study combining healthcare insurance data and data from a Dutch national quality registry

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to describe the healthcare costs of intoxicated ICU patients in the year before and the year after ICU admission, and to compare their healthcare costs with non-intoxicated ICU patients and a population based control group. Methods We conducted a retrosp...

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Main Authors: Ilse van Beusekom, Ferishta Bakhshi-Raiez, Nicolette F. de Keizer, Dylan W. de Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Costs
Intoxication
Poisoning
ICU
Survival
Comorbidity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0224-7

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