One year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation

One year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Annals of internal medicine, vol. 153(3), p. 167-175

Unroe, M. et al.

http://www.annals.org/content/153/3/167.abstract

Growing numbers of critically ill patients receive prolonged mechanical ventilation. Little is known about the patterns of care as patients transition from acute care hospitals to postacute care facilities or about the associated resource utilization.