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SUBMITTER: Aiken LH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477662 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]