California's minimum nurse staffing legislation: Results from a natural experiment

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 435-454

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

California AB394; hospitals; Nurse staffing ratios; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICAL NURSE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84875056011     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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