Medical students in the emergency department and patient length of stay

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2411-2413

  Ioannides, Kimon L H ^a   Mamtani, Mira ^b   Shofer, Frances S ^b   Small, Dylan S ^b   Hennessy, Sean ^b   Abella, Benjamin S ^b   Scott, Kevin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEISURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; WINTER; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; PHILADELPHIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84949255132     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.16476     Document Type: Letter

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