Saving costs, saving health care providers' backs, and creating a safe patient environment

Nursing Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-134

  Hunter, Becky ^a   Branson, Marietta ^b   Davenport, Deborah ^b  

^a Northwest Texas Healthcare System   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT LIFTING; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

BACK INJURIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 77952352301     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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