A bstract Intensive care unit (ICU) service is resource-intense, finite, and valuable. The
outcome of critically ill patients has improved because of a better understanding of disease …

Critical care is often described as expensive care. However, standardized methodology that
would enable determination and international comparisons of cost is currently lacking. This …

Health care delivery in the United States and abroad has undergone tremendous growth
over the last several decades. Accompanying this growth in the diagnostic and therapeutic …

Critical care services are an identified, resource-intensive component of health-care
provision. Examining cost containment and clinical effectiveness in this specialty is therefore …

Background Given the high costs of delivering care to critically ill patients, practitioners and
policymakers are beginning to scrutinize the costs and outcomes associated with intensive …

Critical care is expensive and accounts for a large share of inpatient expenditures. In the
United States, for example, intensive care units (ICUs) comprise between 5% and 10% of all …

There are 4 general economic analyses used in health care: cost minimization, cost-benefit,
cost-effectiveness, and cost utility. In this review, we provide an overview of each of these …

Resources in the health care system are limited, and it is important to maximize the health
benefits to patients within the resources available. In the critical care setting, this is …

Background: There is a paucity of cost analytical studies from resource constrained
developing countries defining intensive care costs and their containment. Objective …

Critical care providers are under increasing pressure to be attentive to cost concerns. The
ICU consumes a significant amount of resources and, as such, is a frequently identified …