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What Conclusions Should Be Drawn between Critical Care Physician Management and Patient Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit?
- William T. McGee, MD, MHA
- From Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199.
TO THE EDITOR:
Both the accompanying editorial (1) and the discussion of the findings of Levy and colleagues (2) provide multiple possible explanations to elucidate the association between intensivists' care and mortality. Project IMPACT may not capture other organizational aspects of the various ICU models and health care systems or hospitals studied that can influence outcome (3).
Regardless, considering the experience of working …
