How does lack of insurance affect use of intensive care? A population-based study.

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Published in Crit Care Med on August 01, 2006

Authors

Marion Danis1, Walter T Linde-Zwirble, Avraham Astor, Jeffrey R Lidicker, Derek C Angus

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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