24-hour intensivist staffing: Balancing benefits and costs

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 367-368

  Sapirstein, Adam ^a   Needham, Dale M ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Intensive care unit organization; Physician; Staffing

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 37549000551     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000300554.50919.77     Document Type: Editorial

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