Nurses’ and patients’ appraisals show patient safety in hospitals remains a concern

Health Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1744-1751

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Barnes, Hilary ^b   Cimiotti, Jeannie P ^c   Jarrín, Olga F ^d   McHugh, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

BURNOUT, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85056255221     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0711     Document Type: Article

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