Managerial implications of calculating optimum nurse staffing in medical units

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 35-44

  Bordoloi, Sanjeev K ^a   Weatherby, Eileen Jarussi ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Fairbanks Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Licensed practical nurse (LPN); Linear programming; Nursing assistant (NA); Registered nurse (RN); Sensitivity analysis; Staffing models

Indexed keywords

COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032716485     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199902440-00005     Document Type: Review

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