Patient-to-nurse ratios and outcomes of moderately preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-326

  Profit, Jochen ^a,b   Petersen, Laura A ^a,b   McCormick, Marie C ^c,d,e   Escobar, Gabriel J ^f   Coleman Phox, Kim ^f   Zheng, Zheng ^c   Pietz, Kenneth ^a,b   Zupancic, John A F ^c,d  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Infant; Newborn; Nurse staffing; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 76049085903     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3140     Document Type: Article

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