Quality of emergency care on the night shift

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Silbergleit, Robert ^a,b   Kronick, Steven L ^a   Philpott, Shelia ^a   Lowell, Mark J ^a   Wagner, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Emergency care; Health care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ASPIRIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33644522108     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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