Promoting Excellence : Comprehensive Bibliography and Resource Page for Critical Care End-of-Life Issues : Economic

Luce JM, Rubenfeld GD. Can health care costs be reduced by limiting intensive care at the end of life? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165:750-4. [ Medline abstract ]

Rapoport J, Teres D, Lemeshow S. Resource use implications of do not resuscitate orders for intensive care unit patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153:185-90. [ Medline abstract ]

Sachdeva RC, Jefferson LS, Coss-Bu J, Brody BA. Resource consumption and the extent of futile care among patients in a pediatric intensive care unit setting. J Pediatr 1996; 128:742-7. [ Medline abstract ]

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