Nurse aide agency staffing and quality of care in nursing homes

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-252

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Engberg, John ^b   Aiju Men, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Nurse aides; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449091108     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707312494     Document Type: Article

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