Nursing home staffing standards: Their relationship to nurse staffing levels

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-80

  Mueller, Christine ^a   Arling, Greg ^b   Kane, Robert ^c   Bershadsky, Julie ^c   Holland, Diane ^a   Joy, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Policy; Quality of care; Staffing levels; State standards

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD;

EID: 32244438718     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.1.74     Document Type: Review

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