TY - JOUR T1 - Association between volume and outcome for adult general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 77 LP - 77 DO - 10.1136/jech.2009.096727y VL - 63 IS - Suppl 2 AU - C. Welch AU - D. Harrison AU - K. Rowan Y1 - 2009/10/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/63/Suppl_2/77.abstract N2 - Volume: outcome associations are well established in the surgical literature. In 1995, ICNARC first investigated whether a potential volume: outcome association existed in critical care but found no evidence. Since then, other international studies have investigated this both for all admissions and for admissions receiving mechanical ventilation. Most of these studies have found an association. This study re-investigates the volume: outcome association for admissions to critical … ER -