Clinical Medicine

Research from A.G. Rudd and co-authors in the area of clinical medicine published

Published in Physician Law Weekly, June 3rd, 2009

According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "Little research has been performed to determine how a stroke unit should be staffed and what the links are between patient dependency and staffing. For this study, 140 stroke units were randomly selected - 35 from each of the four quartiles of performance in the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke."

"A questionnaire was sent to each of the units to collect data on patient numbers and dependency, staffing numbers and therapy, and nursing contact times on a single weekday. The response rate was 66% (92 sites) and information on 1,398 patients was provided. The median number of beds was 18 (interquartile range...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2009-06-03)

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