Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study

Austerity measures and health-system redesign to minimise hospital expenditures risk adversely affecting patient outcomes. The RN4CAST study was designed to inform decision making about nursing, one of the largest components of hospital operating expenses. We aimed to assess whether differences in p...

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Main Authors: Aiken, Linda H. (Author), Sloane, Douglas M. (Author), Bruyneel, Luk (Author), Van den Heede, Koen (Author), Griffiths, Peter (Author), Busse, Reinhard (Author), Diomidous, Marianna (Author), Kinnunen, Juha (Author), Kózka, Maria (Author), Lesaffre, Emmanuel (Author), McHugh, Matthew D. (Author), Moreno-Casbas, M. T. (Author), Rafferty, Anne Marie (Author), Schwendimann, Rene (Author), Scott, P. Anne (Author), Tishelman, Carol (Author), van Achterberg, Theo (Author), Sermeus, Walter (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-05.
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