Nurse staffing and quality of care with direct measurement of inpatient staffing

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 659-663

  Harless, David W ^a   Mark, Barbara A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation bias; nurse staffing; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; SURGICAL ABORTION;

CALIFORNIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954084530     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181dbe200     Document Type: Article

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