Nurse staffing levels, missed vital signs and mortality in hospitals: retrospective longitudinal observational study

Low nurse staffing levels are associated with adverse patient outcomes from hospital care, but the causal relationship is unclear. Limited capacity to observe patients has been hypothesised as a causal mechanism.This study determines whether or not adverse outcomes are more likely to occur after pat...

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Main Authors: Griffiths, P, Ball, J, Bloor, K, Böhning, D, Briggs, J, Dall’Ora, C, Iongh, AD, Jones, J, Kovacs, C, Maruotti, A, Meredith, P, Prytherch, D, Saucedo, AR, Redfern, O, Schmidt, P, Sinden, N, Smith, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2018