The relationship between staff skill mix, costs and outcomes in intermediate care services

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dixon, Simon ^a   Kaambwa, Billingsley ^b   Nancarrow, Susan ^c   Martin, Graham P ^d   Bryan, Stirling ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954973410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-221     Document Type: Article

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