Emergency department resource use by supervised residents vs attending physicians alone

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2394-2400

  Pitts, Stephen R ^a   Morgan, Sofie R ^a,b   Schrager, Justin D ^a   Berger, Todd J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916912558     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.16172     Document Type: Article

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