Longer lengths of stay and higher risk of mortality among inpatients of physicians with more years in practice

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 868-874

  Southern, William N ^a   Bellin, Eran Y ^a   Arnsten, Julia H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital medicine; Length of stay; Outcomes; Physician experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LICENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80052036463     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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