Association between end-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2204-2213

  Denson, Joshua L ^a,b   Jensen, Ashley ^c,d   Saag, Harry S ^b   Wang, Binhuan ^b   Fang, Yixin ^e   Horwitz, Leora I ^b   Evans, Laura ^b   Sherman, Scott E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; END OF ROTATION HOUSE STAFF TRANSITION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSITIONAL CARE; TRENDS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSITIONAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006173182     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.17424     Document Type: Article

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