Never play Leapfrog with a unicorn* Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted-attributed to Albert Einstein

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2434-2435

  Graf, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Intensive care; Physician staffing; Quality; Standard

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748825017     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000284736.03403.4F     Document Type: Editorial

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