A national survey of pediatric critical care resources in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Odetola, Folafoluwa O ^a,d   Clark, Sarah J ^a   Freed, Gary L ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a,c   Davis, Matthew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health facilities; Medical devices; Nurses; Pediatric intensive care units; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; UNITED STATES; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTENSIVE CARE; MANPOWER; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244458301     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1920     Document Type: Article

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