title: [Quality development at a medical department].
abstract: Organization on medical wards have an impact on patient continuity, both regarding contact with physicians and nurses. Highest continuity was found in teams with approximately 20 beds. Members ought to spend most of their time in the team. This was found to be especially important for the internal medical specialists. The amount of blood samples taken was lowest in the team with the highest patient-specialist continuity. Teams with or without continuity had the same high level of patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Dansk Selskab for Intern Medicin, Den Gode Medicinske Afdeling. krarup@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krarup
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Jeppe Hansen
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hartling
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kirkegaard
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003625:Data Collection; D003718:Denmark; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires