The effects of nurse staffing on hospital financial performance: Competitive versus less competitive markets

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-155

  Everhart, Damian ^a   Neff, Donna ^a   Al Amin, Mona ^b   Nogle, June ^c   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

financial performance; hospital competition; nurse staffing; resource based view

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875230768     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e318257292b     Document Type: Article

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