The influence of nurse staffing levels on quality of care in nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 610-616

  Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Thomas, Kali S ^a   Branch, Laurence G ^b   Harman, Jeffrey S ^c   Johnson, Christopher E ^d   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficiencies; Deficiency scores; Nursing home quality; State staffing standard

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053504924     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr050     Document Type: Article

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