title: A comparison of mortality and charges in two differently staffed intensive care units.
abstract: All patients entering the two differently staffed adult intensive care units (ICUs) of Baystate Medical Center were studied for a three-month period. In one unit, patients were cared for by medical and surgical resident teams specifically assigned to the ICU, who were supervised by private and teaching ICU attending physicians; patients admitted to the other ICU were cared for entirely by private physicians. Significantly lower hospital mortality rates were observed in the resident-staffed ICU for three categories of patients. Median charges for the two groups of ICU patients were either the same or higher for the resident-staffed ICU when controlling for levels of condition and treatment variables.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008404:Massachusetts; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D010559:Personnel Management; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012769:Shock / Q000401:mortality