The associations between staffing hours and quality of care indicators in long-term care Journal Articles

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abstract

Long-term care (LTC) staffing practices are poorly understood as is their influence on quality of care. We examined the relationship between staffing characteristics and residents’ quality of care indicators at the unit level in LTC homes.

authors

Boscart, Veronique M
Sidani, Souraya
Poss, Jeffrey
Davey, Meaghan
d Avernas, Josie
Brown, Paul
Heckman, George
Ploeg, Jenny
Costa, Andrew

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publication date

October 2018

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0807 Library and Information Studies (FoR)
1110 Nursing (FoR)
1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
Activities of Daily Living (MeSH)
Aged (MeSH)
Aggression (MeSH)
Cognition Disorders (MeSH)
Cross-Sectional Studies (MeSH)
Data Accuracy (MeSH)
Dementia (MeSH)
Disabled Persons (MeSH)
Female (MeSH)
Health Policy & Services (Science Metrix)
Homes for the Aged (MeSH)
Humans (MeSH)
Long-Term Care (MeSH)
Male (MeSH)
Nursing Assistants (MeSH)
Nursing Homes (MeSH)
Ontario (MeSH)
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling (MeSH)
Quality of Health Care (MeSH)
Urinary Incontinence (MeSH)
Workforce (MeSH)

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BMC Health Services Research Journal