Nurse staffing, patient outcome and cost

Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 34-43

  Flood, Sandra Davis ^a   Diers, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MANPOWER; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTICUT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 0024005609     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006247-198805000-00008     Document Type: Article

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