The relationship between physician case volume and in-hospital mortality of critically ill children with a diagnosis of pneumonia: A cross-sectional observational analytical study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1046-1051

  Chen, Yu Chun ^a,b   Jeng, Mei Jy ^a,b   Lee, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Lo, Yu Cheng ^a,b   Tsao, Pei Chen ^a,b   Yang, Chia Feng ^a,b   Soong, Wen Jue ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critically ill children; Outcome; Physician case volume; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN CASE VOLUME; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SEX RATIO; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84908126593     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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