Association between hospital recognition for nursing excellence and outcomes of very low-birth-weight infants

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1709-1716

  Lake, Eileen T ^a   Staiger, Douglas ^b,c   Horbar, Jeffrey ^d,f   Cheung, Robyn ^g   Kenny, Michael J ^e   Patrick, Thelma ^h   Rogowski, Jeannette A ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VERMONT OXFORD NETWORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84860167131     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.504     Document Type: Article

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