Physician staffing models and patient safety in the ICU

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1038-1044

  Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Critical care; Hospitalist; Icus; Organization and administration; Patient care team; Patient outcome assessment; Personnel staffing and scheduling

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; INTENSIVE CARE; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64749106672     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1544     Document Type: Article

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