Importance The patient-to-intensivist ratio (PIR) across intensive care units (ICUs) is not
standardized and the association of PIR with patient outcome is not well established …

Purpose The impact of intensivist workload on intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes is
incompletely described and assessed across healthcare systems and countries. We sought …

Purpose A high daily census may hinder the ability of physicians to deliver quality care in the
intensive care unit (ICU). We sought to determine the relationship between intensivist-to …

Objective With an increasing number of critical care beds, a shortage of critical care
physicians, and pressure from purchasers, there is a need to define the optimal intensivist-to …

Objectives: Increases in the number, size, and occupancy rates of ICUs have not been
accompanied by a commensurate growth in the number of critical care physicians leading to …

Objective: Matching healthcare staff resources to patient needs in the ICU is a key factor for
quality of care. We aimed to assess the impact of the staffing-to-patient ratio and workload …

Objective: To determine the effect of different intensivist staffing models on clinical outcomes
for critically ill patients. Data Sources: A sensitive search of electronic databases and hand …

Objective: To evaluate the amount of variation in in-hospital mortality and length of intensive
care unit (ICU) stay that can be accounted for by clinical data available at ICU admission …

Rationale: Variation in practice and outcomes, not explained by patient or illness
characteristics, is common in health care, including in intensive care units (ICUs). Objective …

Objectives: To determine the total numbers of privileged and full-time equivalent intensivists
in acute care hospitals with intensivists and compare the characteristics of hospitals with and …