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Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To determine the association of hospital nursing skill mix with patient mortality, patient ratings of their care and indicators of quality of care. DESIGN:Cross-sectional patient discharge data, hospital characteristics and nurse and patient survey data were merged and analysed using generalised estimating equations (GEE) and logistic regression models. SETTING:Adult acute care hospitals in Belgium, England, Finland, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS:Survey data were collected from 13?077 nurses in 243 hospitals, and 18?828 patients in 182 of the same hospitals in the six countries. Discharge data were obtained for 275?519 surgical patients in 188 of these hospitals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Patient mortality, patient ratings of care, care quality, patient safety, adverse events and nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction. RESULTS:Richer nurse skill mix (eg, every 10-point increase in the percentage of professional nurses among all nursing personnel) was associated with lower odds of mortality (OR=0.89), lower odds of low hospital ratings from patients (OR=0.90) and lower odds of reports of poor quality (OR=0.89), poor safety grades (OR=0.85) and other poor outcomes (0.80

SUBMITTER: Aiken LH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477662 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care.

Aiken Linda H LH Sloane Douglas D Griffiths Peter P Rafferty Anne Marie AM Bruyneel Luk L McHugh Matthew M Maier Claudia B CB Moreno-Casbas Teresa T Ball Jane E JE Ausserhofer Dietmar D Sermeus Walter W

BMJ quality & safety 20161115 7

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine the association of hospital nursing skill mix with patient mortality, patient ratings of their care and indicators of quality of care.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional patient discharge data, hospital characteristics and nurse and patient survey data were merged and analysed using generalised estimating equations (GEE) and logistic regression models.<h4>Setting</h4>Adult acute care hospitals in Belgium, England, Finland, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland.<h4>Participant ...[more]

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Project description:ObjectivesThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected nursing home residents. Given the continued high incidence of COVID-19, and the likelihood that new variants and other infectious agents may cause future outbreaks, we sought to understand the relationship of nursing home quality ratings and measures of COVID-19 outbreak severity and persistence.DesignWe analyzed nursing home facility-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths, county-level COVID-19 rates, and nursing home data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including ratings from the CMS Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System. We used regression analysis to examine the association between star ratings and cumulative COVID-19 incidence and mortality as well as persistent high resident incidence.SettingAll nursing homes in the CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Dataset reporting data that passed quality assurance checks for at least 20 weeks and that were included in the January 2021 Nursing Home Care Compare update.ParticipantsResidents of the included nursing homes.MeasurementsCumulative resident COVID-19 incidence and mortality through January 10, 2021; number of weeks with weekly resident incidence of COVID-19 in the top decile nationally.ResultsAs of January 10, 2021, nearly all nursing homes (93.6%) had reported at least one case of COVID-19 among their residents, more than three-quarters (76.9%) had reported at least one resident death, and most (83.5%) had experienced at least 1 week in the top decile of weekly incidence. In analyses adjusted for facility and county-level characteristics, we found generally consistent relationships between higher nursing home quality ratings and lower COVID-19 incidence and mortality, as well as with fewer high-incidence weeks.ConclusionNursing home quality ratings are associated with COVID-19 incidence, mortality, and persistence. Nursing homes receiving five-star ratings, for overall quality as well as for each domain, had lower COVID-19 rates among their residents.

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Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care.

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Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care.

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