Caregiver staffing in nursing homes and their influence on quality of care: Using dynamic panel estimation methods

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-552

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Anderson, Ruth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing homes; quality; staffing; turnover

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CATHETERIZATION; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957441927     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820fbca9     Document Type: Article

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