The Unintended Consequences of Staffing Mandates in Florida Nursing Homes: Impacts on Indirect-Care Staff

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-573

  Weech Maldonado, Robert ^b   Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Andel, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

growth curve modeling; indirect care; nursing homes; staffing mandates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CAREGIVERS; FLORIDA; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 79952118784     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709353325     Document Type: Article

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