Mandated nursing ratios decrease mortality and costs in the hospital, and what about the ICU?

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, ANZAC Avenue, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, ANZAC Avenue, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, ANZAC Avenue, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.. Electronic address: a.tabah@uq.edu.au.

Editorial

Hannah Victoria Reynolds et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;40(6):100977.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100977. Epub 2021 Nov 5.

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, ANZAC Avenue, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, ANZAC Avenue, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, ANZAC Avenue, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.. Electronic address: a.tabah@uq.edu.au.

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Keywords: Hospital; Legislation; Nurse; Nurse–patient ratio; Outcomes.

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Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals.
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