The impact of nurse staffing levels and nurse’s education on patient mortality in medical and surgical wards: an observational multicentre study
Abstract Background Growing evidence indicates that improved nurse staffing in acute hospitals is associated with lower hospital mortality. Current research is limited to studies using hospital level data or without proper adjustment for confounders which makes the translation to practice difficult....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4688-7 |