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

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Carl Sirio · National Institutes of Health

Kimitaka Tajimi · Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital

Choichiro Tase · Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital

William A. Knaus · Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital

Douglas P. Wagner · Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital

Hiroyuki Hirasawa · Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital

NOBUE SAKANISHI

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.

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Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

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Published in: Critical Care Medicine

Volume 20, Issue 9, pp. 1207-1215

DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199209000-00006

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

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