Variation in intensive care unit outcomes by day of week: No weak-end

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 739-741

  Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,c   Scales, Damon C ^a,b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442488002     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2240-6     Document Type: Editorial

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