Health services research
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Health services research · Oct 2011
Multicenter StudyQuality and cost analysis of nurse staffing, discharge preparation, and postdischarge utilization.
To determine the impact of unit-level nurse staffing on quality of discharge teaching, patient perception of discharge readiness, and postdischarge readmission and emergency department (ED) visits, and cost-benefit of adjustments to unit nurse staffing. ⋯ Postdischarge utilization costs could potentially be reduced by investment in nursing care hours to better prepare patients before hospital discharge.
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Health services research · Oct 2011
Rural hospital ownership: medical service provision, market mix, and spillover effects.
To test whether nonprofit, for-profit, or government hospital ownership affects medical service provision in rural hospital markets, either directly or through the spillover effects of ownership mix. ⋯ Rural hospital ownership affects medical service provision at the hospital and market levels. Nonprofit hospital regulation should reflect both the direct and spillover effects of ownership.