Hospital Restructuring:Does It Adversely Affect Care and Outcomes?

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 457-465

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^b   Sloane, Douglas M ^b  

^a Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034294822     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: 15390721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-200010000-00003     Document Type: Article

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