BMJ quality & safety
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BMJ quality & safety · Jan 2021
Valuing hospital investments in nursing: multistate matched-cohort study of surgical patients.
There are known clinical benefits associated with investments in nursing. Less is known about their value. ⋯ Hospitals with better nursing resources provided better clinical outcomes for surgical patients at a small additional cost. Generally, the sicker the patient, the greater the value at better nursing resourced hospitals.