Variation in intensive care unit outcomes: A search for the evidence on organizational factors

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 284-296

  Carmel, Simon ^a   Rowan, Kathy ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLICATION;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0034828579     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200108000-00013     Document Type: Article

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