The impact of emergency physician turnover on planning for prospective clinical trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency physician (EP) turnover is a significant issue that can have strong economic impact on hospital systems, as well as implications on research efforts to test and improve clinical practice. This work is particularly important to researchers planning randomized trials directed toward EPs because a large degree of turnover within a physician group would attenuate the effectiveness of the desired intervention. We sought to determine the incidence and factors associated with EP workforce changes.

Methods

In an attempt to determine EP turnover and workforce change, data from the INSTINCT (INcreasing Stroke Treatment through INterventional behavior Change Tactics) trial were used. The INSTINCT trial is a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled trial evalua

SUBMITTER: Meurer WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3582518 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature