Lower medicare mortality among a set of hospitals known for good nursing care

Medical Care

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 771-778

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Smith, Herbert L ^b   Lake, Eileen T ^b  

^a Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Mortality rates; Nursing care

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028489866     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199408000-00002     Document Type: Article

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