Impact of nurse staffing mandates on safety-net hospitals: Lessons from California

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-186

  McHugh, Matthew D ^a   Brooks Carthon, Margo ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Wu, Evan ^a   Kelly, Lesly ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; mandate; nurse staffing; nursing; Safety net

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NON SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; REVIEW; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 84859033590     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00658.x     Document Type: Review

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