Registered nurses' perceptions of nurse staffing ratios and new hospital payment regulations

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 372-376

  Buerhaus, Peter I ^a   DesRoches, Catherine ^b   Donelan, Karen ^b   Hess, Robert ^c  

^a Institute for Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Gannett Healthcare Group   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 75449102612     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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