Minimum nurse staffing legislation and the financial performance of California hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 1, 2012, Pages 1030-1050

  Reiter, Kristin L ^a   Harless, David W ^b   Pink, George H ^a   Mark, Barbara A ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

AB394; California; financial performance; hospitals; Nurse staffing ratios

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LAW; MEDICARE; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; NURSING STAFF;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861200376     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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