Nurse Staffing Patterns and Patient Experience of Care: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Hospitals.

Published in: Health services research (2017)

Among three staffing variables, flexibility was found to be the most important relative to patient experience. Unobserved hospital characteristics appear to underlie patient experience as well as certain nurse staffing patterns.

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quality improvement
pain management
acute care
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