A national view of workplace injuries in nursing homes

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-103

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Engberg, John ^b   Mendeloff, John ^b   Burns, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Injuries; Nursing homes; Staffing

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CERTIFICATION; CITATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFIT; REGISTERED NURSE; REVIEW; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BED OCCUPANCY; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OWNERSHIP; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 60749130880     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000342981.37673.74     Document Type: Review

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