Evaluation of a staff-only hospitalist system in a tertiary care, Academic Children's Hospital

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1545-1549

  Dwight, Prabo ^a   MacArthur, Colin ^b,c   Friedman, Jeremy N ^b,c   Parkin, Patricia C ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospitalist; Resident duty hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 16644362726     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0077     Document Type: Article

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