Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.

By J. Needleman, P. Buerhaus, S. Mattke, M. Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky. New England Journal of Medicine, 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Emergency Medicine, General Health Professions

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Nurse turnover: a literature review. (2006, background): “Recent studies have linked nurse staffing levels with the length of stay (Lichtig et al., 1999; Needleman et al., 2002); complication rates (Blegen et al., 1998; Robertson and Hassan, 1999; Dimick et al., 2001; Whitman et al., 2002; Unruh, 2003); patient mortality and ‘failure to rescue’ (Blegen et…”
Detecting adverse events for patient safety research: a review of current methodologies (2003, methodology): “Regardless, ICD-9-CM codes have been utilized to detect medical adverse events in recent publications [50], and are used by many commercial organizations to detect complications [51,52].”
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings (2007, background): “A national multicenter study reported strong and consistent inverse relationships between nurse staffing and 5 adverse outcomes in medical patients, 2 of which were HAIs (urinary tract infections and pneumonia).(582) The association of nursing staff shortages with increased rates of HAI has been dem”
The Association of Registered Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2007, methodology): “The analyses were conducted separately for classes of patients and hospital characteristics and to test effect modification by study design.(32) Pooled odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated with fixed and random effect models, the latter to incorporate between study variability.”
The relationship between nursing leadership and patient outcomes: a systematic review update. (2007, background): “…hospital-acquired infections, pressure ulcers and falls (Kovner & Gergen 1998, Aiken et al. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12116 ª 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd 709 2002, 2008, Needleman et al. 2002, Tourangeau et al. 2002, Cho et al. 2003, McGillis Hall et al. 2003, Estabrooks et al. 2005, Blegen et al. 2011).”