Hospital use of agency-employed supplemental nurses and patient mortality and failure to rescue

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 931-948

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Shang, Jingjing ^b   Xue, Ying ^c   Sloane, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

failure to rescue; hospital mortality; Supplemental nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAILURE TO RESCUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877610497     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12018     Document Type: Article

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