Current Issue January 2012 | Vol. 28, No. 1

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Economics of Critical CareGuest Editors: Donald B. Chalfin, John A. Rizzo

Health care has always had to grapple with limited resources, but the challenge that society increasingly faces today is how to continue to deliver high-quality care that yields meaningful outcomes in the face of ever-constrained budgets. Perhaps this missive is most imperative in the critical care setting, where costs are disproportionately high relative to other medical services, and outcomes are usually the most tenuous, uncertain, and unpredictable. Inherent in all this is the notion that health care decisions should never be a matter of cutting costs or assessing the financial ramifications of a particular endeavor, but rather, a matter of allocating scare resources toward those services, programs, and interventions that will provide the greatest overall benefit to those in need. The operative word, then, is value and thus the task incumbent upon us all is how we assess, convey, promote, and even enhance value for our patients.

2011 - Volume 27

October 2011
Venous Thromboembolism in Critical Care
Guest Editor: Kenneth E. Wood

July 2011
ALI and ARDS: Challenges and Advances
Guest Editors: Krishnan Raghavendran, Lena M. Napolitano

April 2011
Biomarkers in the Critically Ill Patient
Guest Editor: Mitchell M. Levy

January 2011
Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Life-Threatening Infection, Sepsis, and Septic
Guest Editor: Anand Kumar

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