The impact of hospital nursing characteristics on 30-day mortality

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Estabrooks, Carole A ^a,b   Midodzi, William K ^a,c   Cummings, Greta G ^a   Ricker, Kathryn L ^d   Giovannetti, Phyllis ^e  

^a Knowledge Utilization Studies Program   (United States)

^b Centre for Knowledge Transfer   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hierarchical models; nurse staffing; patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALBERTA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS;

EID: 80051774438     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e318221c260     Document Type: Article

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