Nurse staffing and mortality for medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-12

  Person, Sharina D ^a,b   Allison, Jeroan J ^a,b   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a,b,c   Weaver, Michael T ^a   Williams, O Dale ^a,b   Centor, Robert M ^a,b   Weissman, Norman W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Medicare; Mortality; Nurse staffing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242308932     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000102369.67404.b0     Document Type: Article

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