A Comparative Study of the Psychiatric Care between Locum Tenens and Staff Physicians in a State Hospital

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 70-80

  Davis, George E ^a   Lowell, Walter E ^b   Davis, Geoffrey L ^c  

^a Augusta Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^b Mental R ^*  (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032085160     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286069801300204     Document Type: Article

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