Intensivist-to-Bed ratio: Association with outcomes in the medical ICU

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 567-572

  Dara, Saqib I ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation III; Hospital mortality; ICU; Length of stay; Outcome study; Personnel staffing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 23744504972     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.567     Document Type: Article

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