Open AccessHospitalization and Intensive Therapy at the End of Life
Author(s) -
Carolin Fleischmann,
Anna Mikolajetz,
Konrad Reinhart,
J. Randall Curtis,
Ulrike Haase,
Daniel Thomas-Rüddel,
Ulf Dennler,
Christiane Hartog
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0653
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , intensive care , population , emergency medicine , reimbursement , observational study , end of life care , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , health care , palliative care , environmental health , nursing , economics , economic growth
Germany has more intensive care unit (ICU) beds per capita than the USA, but the utilization of these resources at the end of life is unknown.