Identifying thresholds for relationships between impacts of rationing of nursing care and nurse- and patient-reported outcomes in Swiss hospitals: A correlational study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 884-893

  Schubert, Maria ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^b   Glass, Tracy R ^c   Schaffert Witvliet, Bianca ^a,d   De Geest, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Limmattal Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care rationing; Nursing; Quality of heath care; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149085570     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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