title: Intensive Care Medicine in 2050: toward an intensive care unit without waste.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Gates Building, Room GA 5044, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. george.anesi@uphs.upenn.edu.|Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. george.anesi@uphs.upenn.edu.|Acute Care Health Services Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. george.anesi@uphs.upenn.edu.|Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. george.anesi@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Anesi
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Gates Building, Room GA 5044, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.|Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Gates Building, Room GA 5044, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.|Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Acute Care Health Services Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Halpern
mesh_terms: D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care