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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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 383; no. 9931; pp. 1824 - 1830
Main Authors:	Aiken, Linda H, Sloane, Douglas M, Bruyneel, Luk, Van den Heede, Koen, Griffiths, Peter, Busse, Reinhard, Diomidous, Marianna, Kinnunen, Juha, Kózka, Maria, Lesaffre, Emmanuel, McHugh, Matthew D, Moreno-Casbas, M T, Rafferty, Anne Marie, Schwendimann, Rene, Scott, P Anne, Tishelman, Carol, van Achterberg, Theo, Sermeus, Walter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 24.05.2014 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Comorbidity Education Education, Nursing - standards Education, Nursing - statistics & numerical data Educational Status Epidemiology Europe - epidemiology Female General aspects Health participants Hospital Mortality Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine Male Medical personnel Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Nurses Nursing Administration Research - methods Nursing education Nursing Staff, Hospital - education Nursing Staff, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Nursing Staff, Hospital - supply & distribution Observational studies Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods Patients Personnel Staffing and Scheduling - statistics & numerical data Postanesthesia Nursing - standards Postanesthesia Nursing - statistics & numerical data Preventable deaths Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quality Indicators, Health Care Retrospective Studies Workforce Workforce planning Working conditions Workload - statistics & numerical data Europe Norway Sweden, Stockholm Human Observational study Health staff Mortality Health care staff Retrospective study Epidemiology Teaching Medicine Education Number of employees Hospital Staff recruitment Nurse
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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