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  1. Department of Public Health, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, F-94010, Créteil, France

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Durand-Zaleski, I. Estimating the cost of intensive care. Intensive Care Med 20, 538–539 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705716

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