The Leapfrog Group, representing a consortium of health care purchasers, has promoted standards for intensive care unit (ICU) staffing in nonrural areas. The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of the Leapfrog standards among ICU directors and determine the potential barriers to implementing these standards.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98119, USA. jkahn@cceb.med.upenn.edu
