Improving Nurse Staffing Measures: Discharge Day Measurement in "Adjusted Patient Days of Care"

Inquiry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-304

  Unruh, Lynn Y ^a   Fottler, Myron D ^a   Talbott, Laura L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0344198068     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_40.3.295     Document Type: Article

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