The business case for nursing in long-term care

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-93

  Horn, Susan D ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business case for nursing staffing; Nurse staffing associated with resident outcomes; Nursing home staffing

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORKLOAD;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMERCE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47649106190     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408320420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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