Comparison of the value of nursing work environments in hospitals across different levels of patient risk

Comparison of the value of nursing work environments in hospitals across different levels of patient risk

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
Author(s):
Silber, Jeffrey H., author
Rosenbaum, Paul R., author
McHugh, Matthew D., author
Ludwig, Justin M., author
Smith, Herbert L., author
Nikman, Bijan A., author
Even-Shoshan, Orit, author
Fleisher, Lee A., author
Kelz, Rachel R., author
Aiken, Linda H., author
Contributor(s):
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2016
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Economics, Nursing
Hospital Mortality
Nurses
Nursing Care
Quality of Health Care -- economics
Value-Based Purchasing -- economics
Workplace
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
KEY FINDINGS: Hospitals with better nurse working environments provide better value (lower mortality with similar costs) especially for higher-risk surgical patients. THE QUESTION. In this study, LDI Senior Fellow Jeffrey Silber and colleagues at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania look at how better nurse working environments influence the "value" of care, which is defined as the quality of care relative to the cost of providing it. Past studies of nurse work environments have looked at their impact on either quality or cost, but not on both. This study asks whether selecting hospitals based solely on excellent nursing environments identifies a set of hospitals that display better outcomes and value, a question most relevant to a patient seeking advice on where to go for care. JAMA Surgery, January 2016, Online First.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101679510 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101679510