作者
Patricia W Stone, Cathy Mooney-Kane, Elaine L Larson, Teresa Horan, Laurent G Glance, Jack Zwanziger, Andrew W Dick
发表日期
2007/6/1
期刊
Medical care
页码范围
571-578
出版商
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
简介
Background
System approaches, such as improving working conditions, have been advocated to improve patient safety. However, the independent effect of many working condition variables on patient outcomes is unknown. Objective
To examine effects of a comprehensive set of working conditions on elderly patient safety outcomes in intensive care units. Design
Observational study, with patient outcome data collected using the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance system protocols and Medicare files. Several measures of health status and fixed setting characteristics were used to capture distinct dimensions of patient severity of illness and risk for disease. Working condition variables included organizational climate measured by nurse survey; objective measures of staffing, overtime, and wages (derived from payroll data); and hospital profitability and magnet accreditation. Setting and Patients
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