Acute hospital medical staffing during the night shift
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Acute hospital medical staffing during the night shift.
There has been little or no attempt to define the need for 24-hour medical cover, nor its appropriateness in acute hospitals, despite the great cost implications and the question of the quality of that care. This study examined the medical activity during the 'night shift' in an acute hospital. There were an average of 2.59 calls per night, most from the emergency department (247/475) and gener...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Health Review
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0156-5788
DOI: 10.1071/ah980163