Effect of work-hours regulations on intensive care unit mortality in United States teaching hospitals

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2564-2569

  Prasad, Meeta ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b,c   Christie, Jason D ^a   Kramer, Andrew A ^d   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,c,e,f   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,c,f   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Curriculum; Intensive care; Medical education; Patient care; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 69349098969     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a93468     Document Type: Article

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