Rapid Response Team Implementation and Hospital Mortality Rates

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1659-

  Reynolds, Stuart F ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b   Hillman, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; TELEMETRY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 65249145992     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.529     Document Type: Letter

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