Effect of hospitalist workload on the quality and efficiency of care

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 786-793

  Elliott, Daniel J ^a   Young, Robert S ^b   Brice, Joanne ^c   Aguiar, Ruth ^a   Kolm, Paul ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Christiana Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURNAROUND TIME; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84899809174     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.300     Document Type: Article

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