Citation

Parker LE, Wells KB, Buchanan JL, Benjamin B. Health Care Manage. Rev. 1994; 19(4): 9-19.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7896558

Abstract

This study evaluates the quality of nursing documentation within the hospital record for a particularly vulnerable group of patients, the depressed aged. Specifically, the effects of prospective payment, unit type, hospital type, and nurse staffing levels on nursing documentation within hospital charts were assessed.

Language: en

Keywords

Aged; Depressive Disorder; Documentation; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Logistic Models; Nursing Records; Nursing Service, Hospital; Observer Variation; Prospective Payment System; Psychiatric Department, Hospital; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Suicide; United States; Workload