Lower mortality in magnet hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 382-388

  McHugh, Matthew D ^a   Kelly, Lesly A ^b   Smith, Herbert L ^c   Wu, Evan S ^d   Vanak, Jill M ^d   Aiken, Linda H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Population Studies Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnet hospitals; nursing; organizational culture; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNET HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; SURGICAL PATIENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876284244     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182726cc5     Document Type: Article

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