What can we learn from the existing evidence of the business case for investments in nursing care: Importance of content, context, and policy environment

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Yakusheva, Olga ^a,b   Wholey, Douglas ^c   Frick, Kevin ^d  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

business case; nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INVESTMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE;

ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875165659     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182849fb4     Document Type: Article

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