Patient and nurse staffing characteristics associated with high sitter use costs

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1758-1767

  Rochefort, Christian M ^a   Ward, Linda ^a   Ritchie, Judith A ^a   Girard, Nadyne ^a   Tamblyn, Robyn M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care hospital; Cost analysis; Nurse staffing; Nurse staffing costs; Patient sitters; Registered nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863779793     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05864.x     Document Type: Article

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