Rationing of nursing care and its relationship to patient outcomes: The Swiss extension of the International Hospital Outcomes Study

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-237

  Schubert, Maria ^a   Glass, Tracy R ^b   Clarke, Sean P ^c   Aiken, Linda H ^c   Schaffert Witvliet, Bianca ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^c   De Geest, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare rationing; Organizational factors; Patient outcomes; Quality of hospital care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47749106145     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn017     Document Type: Article

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