Hospital mortality in relation to staff workload: A 4-year study in an adult intensive-care unit

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9225, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Tarnow Mordi, W O ^a,d   Hau, C ^b   Warden, A ^c   Shearer, A J ^c  

^a MRC Health Services Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034662118     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02478-8     Document Type: Article

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