How do hospitalized patients feel about resident work hours, fatigue, and discontinuity of care?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 623-628

  Fletcher, Kathlyn E ^a   Wiest, Francine C ^c   Halasyamani, Lakshmi ^d   Lin, Jeffrey ^e   Nelson, Victoria ^b   Kaufman, Samuel R ^g   Saint, Sanjay ^f,g   Schapira, Marilyn ^a,b  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuity of care; Patient trust and satisfaction; Resident nurse fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRUST; WORK SCHEDULE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 42449141848     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0384-0     Document Type: Article

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