Hospital admissions for asthma, diabetes and COPD: Is there an association with practice nurse staffing? A cross sectional study using routinely collected data

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Griffiths, Peter ^a   Murrells, Trevor ^a   Dawoud, Dalia ^b   Jones, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956707742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-276     Document Type: Article

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