Cost analysis of nursing home registered nurse staffing times

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 840-845

  Dorr, David A ^a   Horn, Susan D ^a,b   Smout, Randall J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Long term care; Nurse staffing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL ASPECT; ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COST; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; MANPOWER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 20444441176     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53267.x     Document Type: Article

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