Nurse staffing levels and quality of care in Northeastern Pennsylvania nursing homes

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-137

  Akinci, Fevzi ^a   Krolikowski, Diane ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berwick Hospital Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 22244481836     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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