Registered nurse, healthcare support worker, medical staffing levels and mortality in English hospital trusts: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Griffiths, Peter ^a,b   Ball, Jane ^a,c   Murrells, Trevor ^d   Jones, Simon ^e   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^d  

^a National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTERED NURSE; STAFF; SURGICAL WARD; TRUST; WORKER; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84960173999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008751     Document Type: Article

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