Health services research
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Health services research · Jun 2013
Confirmatory factor analysis of the pain care quality surveys (PainCQ©).
To examine the reliability and validity and to decrease the battery of items in the Pain Care Quality (PainCQ(©) ) Surveys. ⋯ Cumulative evidence supports the reliability and validity of the companion PainCQ(©) Surveys in hospitalized patients with pain in the oncology setting. The tools may be relevant in both clinical research and quality improvement. Future research is recommended in other populations, settings, and with more diverse groups.
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Health services research · Jun 2013
Hospital use of agency-employed supplemental nurses and patient mortality and failure to rescue.
To determine the association between the use of agency-employed supplemental registered nurses (SRNs) to staff hospitals and patient mortality and failure to rescue (FTR). ⋯ Higher use of SRNs does not appear to have deleterious consequences for patient mortality and may alleviate nurse staffing problems that could produce higher mortality.