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Staffing of Healthcare Workers and Patient Mortality: Randomized Trials Needed

In a Perspective accompanying a study by Benjamin Bray and colleagues, Meeta Kerlin discusses the evidence that physician and nurse workforces are associated with patient mortality, why clearer guidelines for appropriate workforce size are not available, and the next steps needed to address the know...

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Autor principal: Kerlin, Meeta Prasad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25137486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001706
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spelling pubmed-41379802014-08-20 Staffing of Healthcare Workers and Patient Mortality: Randomized Trials Needed Kerlin, Meeta Prasad PLoS Med Perspective In a Perspective accompanying a study by Benjamin Bray and colleagues, Meeta Kerlin discusses the evidence that physician and nurse workforces are associated with patient mortality, why clearer guidelines for appropriate workforce size are not available, and the next steps needed to address the knowledge gaps. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary Public Library of Science 2014-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4137980/ /pubmed/25137486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001706 Text en © 2014 Meeta Prasad Kerlin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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title_short Staffing of Healthcare Workers and Patient Mortality: Randomized Trials Needed
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137980/
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