The Effect of Staff Nursing on Length of Stay and Mortality

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1626-1638

  Czaplinski, Cindy ^a   Diers, Donna ^b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Mortality; Nursing staff

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONNECTICUT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 0032254084     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199812000-00002     Document Type: Article

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