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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 606 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Michael R. Pinsky

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Kardinal Schwarzenberg Hospital, Schwarzach, Austria

    Andreas Valentin

  3. Institute for Health Policy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Gordon Rubenfeld

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Pinsky, M.R., Valentin, A. & Rubenfeld, G. Intensive Care Medicine in 2050: cost-effectiveness analysis. Intensive Care Med 43, 1039–1040 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4640-9

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