Does experience matter? A comparison of the practice of attendings and residents

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-503

  Charlson, Mary E ^a   Karnik, Jwala ^a   Wong, Mitchell ^b   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Hollenberg, James P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendings; Costs; Experience; Residents; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 22344436066     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0085.x     Document Type: Article

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