The effect of minimum nurse staffing legislation on uncompensated care provided by California hospitals

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-351

  Reiter, Kristin L ^a   Harless, David W ^b   Pink, George H ^a   Spetz, Joanne ^c   Mark, Barbara ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; nurse staffing; uncompensated care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; LAW; NURSING STAFF; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 79955829322     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710389050     Document Type: Article

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