Churn: Patient turnover and mix

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-191

  Duffield, Christine ^a   Diers, Donna ^b   Aisbett, Chris ^c,d   Roche, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Casemix Department of Health and Children   (Ireland)

^d Laeta Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 68149172347     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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