A computational application for multi-skill nurse staffing in hospital units

Abstract Background Approaches to nurse staffing are commonly concerned with determining the minimum number of care hours according to the illness severity of patients. However, there is a gap in the literature considering multi-skill and multi-shift nurse staffing. This study addresses nurse staffi...

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Main Authors: Ana Respicio, Margarida Moz, Margarida Vaz Pato, Rute Somensi, Cecília Dias Flores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-018-0638-2