Effects of organizational change in the medical intensive care unit of a teaching hospital: A comparison of 'open' and 'closed' formats

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 322-328

  Carson, Shannon S ^a,c   Stocking, Carol ^a   Podsadecki, Thomas ^a   Christenson, Jeffrey ^a   Pohlman, Anne ^a   MacRae, Sue ^a   Jordan, Jenni ^a,b   Humphrey, Holly ^a   Siegler, Mark ^a   Hall, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8944253285     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.4.322     Document Type: Article

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