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Economic considerations
J H Jaffin1, H R Champion, B R Boulanger
1Department of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Critical Care Clinics
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
The costs to society of trauma care are huge. Multiple-injury patients in critical care units consume a vast percentage of the direct medical costs. This article examines the role that pre-existing diseases have on the length of stay in the critical care unit and the costs associated with this care.