Comparison of resident and mid-level provider productivity and patient satisfaction in an emergency department fast track

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jeanmonod, Rebecca ^a   DelCollo, Jessica ^a   Jeanmonod, Donald ^a   Dombchewsky, Orest ^a   Reiter, Mark ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENT;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872347542     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200572     Document Type: Article

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