Are Nursing Home Survey Deficiencies Higher in Facilities With Greater Staff Turnover

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-107

  Lerner, Nancy B ^a   Johantgen, Meg ^a   Trinkoff, Alison M ^a   Storr, Carla L ^a   Han, Kihye ^b  

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

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Nursing assistant; Nursing home; Resident outcome; Staffing; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LICENSED NURSE; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE; LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF TURNOVER; PRACTICAL NURSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENT; RESIDENT BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SKILL MIX; UNITED STATES;

DEFICIENCY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; RESIDENT OUTCOME; STAFFING; TURNOVER;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892977685     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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