Family members' needs at intensive care units: comparative analysis between a public and a private hospital Necesidades de los familiares de pacientes en unidades de terapia intensiva: análisis comparativo entre hospital público y privado Necessidades de familiares de pacientes em unidades de terapia intensiva: análise comparativa entre hospital público e privado

• Main Authors: Kátia Santana Freitas (Author), Miako Kimura (Author), Karine Azevedo São Leão Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This cross-sectional study proposed to analyze the needs of adult ICU patients' family members at a public and a private hospital, regarding their level of importance and satisfaction. Ninety-one family members were interviewed, 47 from the public hospital and 44 from the private one, using the...