The relationship between inpatient cardiac surgery mortality and nurse numbers and educational level: Analysis of administrative data

BACKGROUND: In most multicenter studies that examine the relationship between nurse staffing and patient safety, nurse-staffing levels are measured per hospital. This can obscure relationships between staffing and outcomes at the unit level and lead to invalid inferences. OBJECTIVE: In the present s...

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Main Authors: Van den Heede, Koen, Lesaffre, Emmanuel, Diya, Luwis, Vleugels, Arthur, Clarke, Sean P., Aiken, Linda H., Sermeus, Walter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856596/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19201407
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.12.018
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