Association between critical care physician management and patient mortality in the intensive care unit

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 801-809

  Levy, Mitchell M ^a   Rapoport, John ^b   Lemeshow, Stanley ^c   Chalfin, Donald B ^d   Phillips, Gary ^c   Danis, Marion ^e  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649181524     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-11-200806030-00002     Document Type: Article

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