Patient-centered care, nurse work environment and implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute care hospitals: A cross-sectional multi-center study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 81, Issue , 2018, Pages 98-106

  Bachnick, Stefanie ^a   Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^a,b   Baernholdt, Marianne ^c   Simon, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Bolzano Bozen   (Italy)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Nurses work environment; Nursing care; Patient centered care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043998355     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.11.007     Document Type: Article

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