Early in-hospital mortality following trainee doctors' first day at work

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Jen, Min Hua ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Bell, Derek ^a   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349631210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007103     Document Type: Article

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