Twenty-four-hour intensivist staffing in teaching hospitals: Tensions between safety today and safety tomorrow

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1315-1320

  Kerlin, Meeta Prasad ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84860588780     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1459     Document Type: Article

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