Leadership, staffing and quality of care in nursing homes

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Havig, Anders ^a,b   Skogstad, Anders ^c   Kjekshus, Lars ^d   Romøren, Tor ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

leadership; nursing homes; quality of care; staffing

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 82155186107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-327     Document Type: Article

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