Evaluation of a patient care delivery model: System outcomes in acute cardiac care

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 98-120

  O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^a   Li, X Mingyang ^a   Wang, Sping ^a   Meyer, Raquel M ^a   Thomson, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CritiCall Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Length of stay; Nurse staffing; Nursing interventions; Quality of care; Work environments

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952459617     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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