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Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: An epidemiologic study*

Critical Care Medicine · 2004 · Vol. 32(3) · pp. 638–643

Derek C. Angus✉(Doylestown Hospital)Amber E. Barnato(Doylestown Hospital)Walter T. Linde‐Zwirble(Doylestown Hospital)Lisa A. Weissfeld(Doylestown Hospital)R. Scott Watson(University of Pittsburgh)Tim Rickert(University of Pittsburgh)Gordon D. Rubenfeld(Doylestown Hospital)

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Abstract

One in five Americans die using ICU services. The doubling of persons over the age of 65 yrs by 2030 will require a system-wide expansion in ICU care for dying patients unless the healthcare system pursues rationing, more effective advanced care planning, and augmented capacity to care for dying patients in other settings.

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicineIntensive care unitEnd-of-life careEmergency medicineIntensive careRetrospective cohort studyPediatricsIntensive care medicinePalliative careInternal medicine

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolDiagnosis-Related GroupsFemaleHealth PolicyHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMale

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