Midnight census revisited: Reliability of patient day measurements in US hospital units

Background: Patient days are widely used in nurse staffing research and for nursing quality measurement. Nursing hours per patient day (NHPPD) and fall rates incorporate patient days in the denominator and are endorsed by the US National Quality Forum (NQF) as nursing sensitive consensus measures. M...

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Main Authors: Simon, Michael (Author), Yankovskyy, Eugene (Author), Klaus, Susan (Author), Gajewski, Byron (Author), Dunton, Nancy (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011-01.
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