Hospital staffing, organization, and quality of care: Cross-national findings

Nursing outlook

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 187-194

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING SERVICES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036730071     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mno.2002.126696     Document Type: Article

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