Rural-Urban Differences in Mortality among Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Intensive and Intermediate Care.
Emily A HarlanShrathinth VenkateshJean MorrisonColin R CookeTheodore J IwashynaDee W FordIra S MoscoviceMichael W SjodingThomas S ValleyPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2024)
Hospitalization in rural intermediate care was associated with increased mortality. There is a need to better understand how intermediate care is used across hospitals and to carefully evaluate the types of patients admitted to intermediate care units.