Disparities between two common data sources on hospital nurse staffing

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Jiang, H Joanna ^a   Stocks, Carol ^a   Wong, Cindy J ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Nurse staffing; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646740397     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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