Intensive care services in the veterans health administration

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1455-1462

  Almenoff, Peter ^a   Sales, Anne ^b,h   Rounds, Sharon ^c   Miller, Michael ^d   Schroeder, Kelly ^e   Lentz, Karen ^f   Perlin, Jonathan ^g  

^a Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VISN 1   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA Hlthcare Anal and Info Group   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Hospitals, veterans; Organization and administration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE MANAGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36348956631     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-3083     Document Type: Article

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