Patients in US 5 times more likely to spend last days in ICU than patients in England
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:28
in Health & Medicine
Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal patients is eight times higher in the U.S.