Improving Nurse Staffing Measures: Discharge Day Measurement in “Adjusted Patient Days of Care”
Previous research cannot account for the discrepancy between registered nurse (RN) reports of understaffing and studies showing slight improvement. One reason may be that “adjusted patient days of care”(APDC) underestimates patient load. Using data from all Pennsylvania acute care general hospitals...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2003-08-01
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Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_40.3.295 |