articleCritical Care MedicineJun 1, 2005Closed access

Daily cost of an intensive care unit day: The contribution of mechanical ventilation*

The Ohio State University

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Abstract

Objective

To quantify the mean daily cost of intensive care, identify key factors associated with increased cost, and determine the incremental cost of mechanical ventilation during a day in the intensive care unit.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis using data from NDCHealth's Hospital Patient Level Database.

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Authors

4

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Intensive care unit
  • Intensive care
  • Emergency medicine
  • Retrospective cohort study
  • Ventilation (architecture)
  • Cohort
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