Measuring the intensity of nursing care: Making use of the Belgian Nursing Minimum Data Set

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1011-1021

  Sermeus, Walter ^a   Delesie, Luc ^a   Van den Heede, Koen ^a   Diya, Luwis ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intensity of nursing care; Nursing minimum data set; Patient classification system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BELGIUM; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44949135061     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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