Intra-hospital transfers to a higher lev
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Gabriel J. Escobar; John D. Greene; Marla N. Gardner; Gregory P. Marelich; Bryon
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Patients who experience intraβhospital transfers to a higher level of care (eg, ward to intensive care unit [ICU]) are known to have high mortality. However, these findings have been based on singleβcenter studies or studies that employ ICU admissions as the denominator.