Evaluating palliative care ward staffing using bed occupancy, patient dependency, staff activity, service quality and cost data

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Roberts, Dai ^a   Hurst, Keith ^b  

^a St Ann's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Researcher and Analyst   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospice; nursing workload; palliative care; patient dependency; service quality; ward staffing and costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DEPENDENCY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BED OCCUPANCY; BENCHMARKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84873696238     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312447593     Document Type: Article

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