| Title |
Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Lancet, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62631-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Linda H Aiken, Douglas M Sloane, Luk Bruyneel, Koen Van den Heede, Peter Griffiths, Reinhard Busse, Marianna Diomidous, Juha Kinnunen, Maria Kózka, Emmanuel Lesaffre, Matthew D McHugh, M T Moreno-Casbas, Anne Marie Rafferty, Rene Schwendimann, P Anne Scott, Carol Tishelman, Theo van Achterberg, Walter Sermeus |
| Abstract |
Austerity measures and health-system redesign to minimise hospital expenditures risk adversely affecting patient outcomes. The RN4CAST study was designed to inform decision making about nursing, one of the largest components of hospital operating expenses. We aimed to assess whether differences in patient to nurse ratios and nurses' educational qualifications in nine of the 12 RN4CAST countries with similar patient discharge data were associated with variation in hospital mortality after common surgical procedures. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 724 | 25% |
| United States | 158 | 6% |
| Canada | 116 | 4% |
| Spain | 103 | 4% |
| Japan | 96 | 3% |
| Australia | 58 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1% |
| Ireland | 35 | 1% |
| France | 31 | 1% |
| Other | 226 | 8% |
| Unknown | 1263 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1796 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 646 | 23% |
| Scientists | 335 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 49 | 2% |
| Unknown | 19 | <1% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 11 | <1% |
| Germany | 7 | <1% |
| Canada | 6 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | <1% |
| United States | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Austria | 2 | <1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1544 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 300 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 159 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 135 | 8% |
| Researcher | 124 | 8% |
| Other | 88 | 6% |
| Other | 390 | 24% |
| Unknown | 396 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 567 | 36% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 272 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 80 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 42 | 3% |
| Psychology | 24 | 2% |
| Other | 128 | 8% |
| Unknown | 479 | 30% |
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