24/7 Registered Nurse Staffing Coverage in Saskatchewan Nursing Homes and Acute Hospital Use

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 492-505

  McGregor, Margaret J ^a,b   Murphy, Janice M ^c   Poss, Jeffrey W ^a,d   McGrail, Kimberlyn M ^a,b   Kuramoto, Lisa ^a   Huang, Huei Chung ^a   Bryan, Stirling ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Health Research Consultant   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; care quality; ED visits; hospital admission; nurse staffing; nursing home

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949540026     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980815000434     Document Type: Article

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