A comparison of usage and outcomes between nurse practitioner and resident-staffed medical ICUs

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2017, Pages e132-e137

  Scherzer, Rachel ^a   Dennis, Marie P ^a   Swan, Beth Ann ^a   Kavuru, Mani S ^b   Oxman, David A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced practice provider; critical care workforce; intensive care; nonphysician provider; nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84987851002     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002055     Document Type: Article

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