Use of agency staff in nursing homes

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-201

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BED OCCUPANCY; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; OWNERSHIP; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749145087     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090428-01     Document Type: Article

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