Continuity of care in intensive care units: A cluster-randomized trial of intensivist staffing

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 803-808

  Ali, Naeem A ^a   Wolf, Karen M ^a   Hammersley, Jeffrey ^b   Hoffmann, Stephen P ^a   O'Brien Jr , James M ^a   Phillips, Gary S ^c   Rashkin, Mitchell ^d   Warren, Edward ^e   Garland, Allan ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Critical care; Organization and administration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB STRESS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; WORK SCHEDULE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053414054     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201103-0555OC     Document Type: Article

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