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Comment
. 2017 Mar 1;177(3):396-398.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8476.

Toward the Ideal Ratio of Patients to Intensivists: Finding a Reasonable Balance

Elizabeth M Viglianti  1 , Theodore J Iwashyna  2
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Toward the Ideal Ratio of Patients to Intensivists: Finding a Reasonable Balance

Elizabeth M Viglianti et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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Competing Potential Problems That Need to Be Balanced in Setting an Optimal Number of Patients per Physician
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