title: Most hospitals do not employ intensivists.
abstract: In the summer of 1987, the American Academy of Medical Directors conducted a survey of its hospital-based members on my behalf. The purpose of the survey was to determine the degree to which hospitals employed intensivists. In addition, it was my intention to determine the specialty classifications that are normally represented in the intensivist position.
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D003625:Data Collection; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D004651:Employment; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce