Nurse staffing, medical staffing and mortality in Intensive Care: An observational study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-794

  West, Elizabeth ^a   Barron, David N ^b   Harrison, David ^c   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^d   Rowan, Kathy ^c   Sanderson, Colin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Medical staffing; Mortality; Multilevel modelling; Nurse staffing; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897029849     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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