What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Editorial. Population: Critical illness. Intervention: ICU staffing models.

What does this research mean for the field?

A widening gap between increasing critical care demand and intensivist supply necessitates restructuring ICU staffing models to maintain patient outcomes and quality of care. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 1, 2014Revista Brasileira de Terapia IntensivaOpen Access

Intensive care unit staffing and quality of care: challenges in times of an intensivist shortage

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Key result

This commentary discusses the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes in the context of a projected 35% shortfall in intensivist hours by 2030.

Design

Editorial

Authors

KCKatherine R. CourtrightHospital of the University of Pennsylvania MKMeeta Prasad KerlinCalifornia University of Pennsylvania

Discussion

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Implication

Discusses the current evidence for the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes amidst a growing shortage of intensivists.

PICO

Population

Critical illness

Exposure / Comparator

ICU staffing models

Discusses the current evidence for the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes amidst a growing shortage of intensivists.

Cite This Study

Courtright et al. (2014) conducted an editorial in Critical illness. ICU staffing models was evaluated. This commentary discusses the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes in the context of a projected 35% shortfall in intensivist hours by 2030.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa88f39685f6fe89c13b852 https://doi.org/10.5935/0103-507x.20140031

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January 1, 2014Revista Brasileira de Terapia IntensivaOpen Access

Intensive care unit staffing and quality of care: challenges in times of an intensivist shortage

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Key result

This commentary discusses the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes in the context of a projected 35% shortfall in intensivist hours by 2030.

Design

Editorial

Authors

KCKatherine R. CourtrightHospital of the University of Pennsylvania MKMeeta Prasad KerlinCalifornia University of Pennsylvania

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Discusses the current evidence for the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes amidst a growing shortage of intensivists.

PICO

Population

Critical illness

Exposure / Comparator

ICU staffing models

Discusses the current evidence for the impact of ICU staffing models on patient outcomes amidst a growing shortage of intensivists.

Cite This Study

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa88f39685f6fe89c13b852 https://doi.org/10.5935/0103-507x.20140031

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