Nighttime intensivist staffing and mortality among critically ill patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2093-2101

  Wallace, David J ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a,b   Barnato, Amber E ^a,b   Kramer, Andrew A ^c   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Cerner   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861689703     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1201918     Document Type: Article

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