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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Main Authors: Filip Haegdorens, Peter Van Bogaert, Koen De Meester, Koenraad G. Monsieurs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4688-7