Nurse staffing and postsurgical outcomes in black adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1078-1084

  Brooks Carthon, J Margo ^a   Kutney Lee, Ann ^a   Jarrín, Olga ^a   Sloane, Douglas ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Nursing care; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862202955     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03990.x     Document Type: Article

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