The Surgical Hospitalist: A New Model for Emergency Surgical Care

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 704-711

  Maa, John ^a   Carter, Jonathan T ^a   Gosnell, Jessica E ^a   Wachter, Robert ^a   Harris, Hobart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; SURGERY; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35349028255     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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