Hospital nurse staffing: Choice of measure matters

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 775-779

  Kalisch, Beatrice J ^a   Friese, Christopher R ^a   Choi, Seung Hee ^a   Rochman, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

hours per patient day; nurse staffing; perceptions of staffing adequacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; NURSING UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; REHABILITATION CARE; SHIFT WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79961031496     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318222a6df     Document Type: Article

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