Nurse workforce characteristics and infection risk in VA community living centers: A longitudinal analysis

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 261-267

  Uchida Nakakoji, Mayuko ^a   Stone, Patricia W ^a   Schmitt, Susan K ^b   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^b,c  

^a Center for Health Policy ^*  (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

infections; nursing homes; quality; staffing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENT; SKILL MIX; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84924043606     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000316     Document Type: Article

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