Excellent hospital care for all: Open and operating 24/7

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1050-1052

  Wong, Hannah J ^a,b   Morra, Dante ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

efficiency; hospital care; nights and weekend; quality and safety

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CANADA; CENTRALIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; NIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK; STROKE; TIME; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WORK SCHEDULE;

HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052296729     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1715-8     Document Type: Review

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