Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: Retrospective longitudinal cohort study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 609-617

  Griffiths, Peter ^a,b,c   Maruotti, Antonello ^a,d   Recio Saucedo, Alejandra ^a,c   Redfern, Oliver C ^e,f   Ball, Jane E ^a,b,c   Briggs, Jim ^e   Dall'Ora, Chiara ^a,c   Schmidt, Paul E ^c,g   Smith, Gary B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Natl Inst for Hlth Res Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Libera Universita Maria Santissima Assunta   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health policy; health services research; mortality (standardized mortality ratios); nurses; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT RISK; REGISTERED NURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSISTANTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85058098590     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043     Document Type: Article

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