ICHRN Knowledge Library

Date

2013-02-20
Title

Using mimimum nurse staffing regulations to measure the relationship between nursing and hospital quality of care
Journal

Medical Care Research and Review
Publisher

SAGE Publications
Year

2013
Author

Spetz J, Harless DW, Herrera C-N and Mark BA
Description

"This study tests whether changes in licensed nurse staffing led to changes in patient safety, using the natural experiment of 2004 California implementation of minimum staffing ratios." (extract from abstract)
Categories

Nursing Human Resources Management, Work Environment
Keywords

ratios; staffing; quality; USA
Link

http://mcr.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/02/03/1077558713475715.abstract?rss=1
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