Intensive care unit physician staffing is associated with decreased length of stay, hospital cost, and complications after esophageal resection

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 753-758

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Heitmiller, Richard F ^a   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Critical care; Economic; Esophageal diseases; Esophagectomy; Intensive car; Length of star; Organization; Postoperative care; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0035054207     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200104000-00012     Document Type: Article

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