Determining optimal nursing intensity: The RAFAELA method

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-359

  Rauhala, Auvo ^a,c   Fagerström, Lisbeth ^b  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Swedish Polytechnic   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Instrument validation; Nursing care intensity; Patient classification; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Regression analysis; Workload measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 1342300771     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02918.x     Document Type: Article

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