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Critical care delivery in the United States: distribution of services and compliance with Leapfrog recommendations.
Angus DC, Shorr AF, White A, Dremsizov TT, Schmitz RJ, Kelley MA, on behalf of the Committee on Manpower for Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies (COMPACCS). Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1016-1024.

The authors surveyed intensive care unit (ICU) directors on the adoption of the Leapfrog Group's ICU staffing requirement and discuss reasons for the lack of implementation.

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