Quality and the nursing workforce: APNs, patient outcomes and health care costs

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Brooten, Dorothy ^a,c   Youngblut, JoAnne M ^a   Kutcher, Joyce ^b   Bobo, Charles ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Miami Jewish Home Hosp for the Aged   (United States)

^c Florida Intl School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING; REDUCTION; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1542375922     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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