Nurse employment contracts in Chinese hospitals: Impact of inequitable benefit structures on nurse and patient satisfaction

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shang, Jingjing ^a   You, Liming ^b   Ma, Chenjuan ^c   Altares, Danielle ^d   Sloane, Douglas M ^d   Aiken, Linda H ^d  

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

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

'bianzhi' nurses; Chinese hospitals; Contract based nurses; Nurse dissatisfaction; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CHINA; CONTRACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CONTRACTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84892420975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-1     Document Type: Article

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