Comparison of the value of nursing work environments in hospitals across different levels of patient risk

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 527-536

  Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c,d   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^b,c   McHugh, Matthew D ^c   Ludwig, Justin M ^d   Smith, Herbert L ^c   Niknam, Bijan A ^d   Even Shoshan, Orit ^c,d   Fleisher, Lee A ^a,c   Kelz, Rachel R ^a,c   Aiken, Linda H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW YORK; NURSE; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEXAS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; WORKPLACE;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TEXAS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84975068629     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4908     Document Type: Article

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