Characterizing critical care physician staffing in rural America: A description of Iowa intensive care unit staffing

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-198

  Mohr, Nicholas M ^a   Collier, John ^a   Hassebroek, Elizabeth ^b   Groth, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critical illness; Intensive care units; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; NURSE MANAGER; PULMONOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL PATIENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; IOWA; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IOWA; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84896707805     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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