Do Intensivist Staffing Patterns Influence Hospital Mortality Following ICU Admission? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses*
Critical Care MedicinePublished 6 August 2013
M. Elizabeth Wilcox, Christopher Chong, Daniel J. Niven, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Kathy Rowan, Hannah Wunsch
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High-intensity staffing is associated with reduced ICU and hospital mortality and 24-hour in-hospital intensivist coverage did not reduce hospital, or ICU, mortality.
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High-intensity staffing is associated with reduced ICU and hospital mortality. Within a high-intensity model, 24-hour in-hospital intensivist coverage did not reduce hospital, or ICU, mortality. Benefits seen in mortality were dependent on the type of ICU and decade of publication.
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