Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: Cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 559-568

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Sloane, Douglas ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^b   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^c   Bruyneel, Luk ^d   McHugh, Matthew ^a   Maier, Claudia B ^e   Moreno Casbas, Teresa ^f   Ball, Jane E ^b,c   Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^g   Sermeus, Walter ^d   Heede, Koen Van Den ^d   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^d   Diya, Luwis ^d   Smith, Herbert ^a   Jones, Simon ^c   Kinnunen, Juha ^h   Ensio, Anneli ^h   Jylhä, Virpi ^h   Busse, Reinhard ^e   Zander, Britta ^e   Blümel, Miriam ^e   Mantas, John ⁱ   Zikos, Dimitrios ⁱ   Diomidous, Marianna ⁱ   Scott, Anne ^j   Matthews, Anne ^j   Staines, Anthony ^j   Sjetne, Ingeborg Strømseng ^k   Holter, Inger Margrethe ^l   Brzostek, Tomasz ^m   Kózka, Maria ^m   Brzyski, Piotr ^m   Fuentelsaz Gallego, Carmen ^f   Gonzalez María, Esther ^f   Gomez Garcia, Teresa ^f   Tishelman, Carol ⁿ   Lindqvist, Rikard ⁿ   Smeds, Lisa ⁿ   De Geest, Sabina ^g   Schubert, Maria ^g   Schwendimann, René ^g   Heinen, Maud ^o   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^o   Van Achterberg, Theo ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^k NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^l Norwegian Nurses Organization   (Norway)

^m JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; ENGLAND; FALLING; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL MIX; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85035140544     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005567     Document Type: Article

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