The value of critical care. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The primary focus of this review is on the cost-effectiveness of critical care. The rapid growth in health care expenditures has engendered careful scrutiny of the practice of medicine with regard not only to effectiveness but also to efficiency. This shift necessitates that physicians understand the effectiveness of their interventions and the cost at which this effectiveness is obtained. Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses have become crucial evaluative tools in medicine. Explicit articulation of comparative cost-effectiveness facilitates the allocation of limited resources. Physicians and policy-makers must evaluate such studies with caution, skepticism, and attention to the methods used.

publication date

  • October 18, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Critical Care
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84869106048

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.suc.2012.09.001

PubMed ID

  • 23153878

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 92

issue

  • 6