Outcomes and cost analysis of the impact of unit-level nurse staffing on post-discharge utilization

Nursing Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-78

  Bobay, Kathleen L ^a   Yakusheva, Olga ^b   Weiss, Marianne E ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960940341     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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