Linking economics and quality: Developing an evidence-based nurse staffing tool

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-60

  Anderson, E Faye ^a   Frith, Karen H ^a   Caspers, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Catholic Health Iniatives   (United States)

Author keywords

dashboard; financial outcomes; nurse staffing; patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78650969207     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3182047dff     Document Type: Article

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