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An initial comparison of intensive care in Japan and the United States

DOI

117

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0

References

1992

Year

Carl Sirio, Kimitaka Tajimi, Choichiro Tase, William A. Knaus, Douglas P. Wagner, Hiroyuki Hirasawa, NOBUE SAKANISHI, Hirotada Katsuya, Nobuyuki Taenaka
Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

In this sample of hospitals, similar high-technology critical care is available in the United States and Japan. Variations in utilization between the two countries represent differences in case mix and bed availability. The APACHE II equation stratified patients in the Japanese patient cohort across the full spectrum of increasing severity of illness.