Effect of non-clinical inter-hospital critical care unit transfer of critically ill patients: a propensity-matched cohort analysis. Critical Care 2012, 16:R179.
http://ccforum.com/content/16/5/R179/abstract
Barratt, H., et al.
No matter how well resourced, individual hospitals cannot expect to meet all peaks in demand for adult general critical care. However, previous analyses suggest that patients transferred for non-clinical reasons have worse outcomes than those who are not transferred, but these studies were underpowered and hampered by residual case mix differences.
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