Physician staffing and patient violence. H. Carmel, E. D. Tanke and J. A. Yesavage

Physician staffing and patient violence.

H. Carmel, E. D. Tanke and J. A. Yesavage,
Bull. Amer. Acad. Psychiatry & the Law 19(1): 49-51, 1991.

We found an inverse relation between physical aggression by patients and physician staffing--when more physicians were available, physical aggression decreased. Episodes of nonphysical aggression increased with higher levels of psychiatrist staffing, but were not related to general physician staffing.