Patients' functioning as predictor of nursing workload in acute hospital units providing rehabilitation care: A multi-centre cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mueller, Martin ^a,b   Lohmann, Stefanie ^a,b   Strobl, Ralf ^a,b   Boldt, Christine ^a,b,c   Grill, Eva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ICF Research Branch of WHO FIC CC (DIMDI) at SPF   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958553828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-295     Document Type: Article

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