The impact of nurse/physician collaboration on patient length of stay

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 796-803

  Tschannen, Dana ^a   Kalisch, Beatrice J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse; Nurse physician collaboration; Patient length of stay; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; MICHIGAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349482676     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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