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Investigation of population-based mental health staffing and efficiency-based mental health productivity using an information-theoretic approach.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundHealthcare systems monitor and improve mental health treatment quality, access, continuity and satisfaction through use of population-based and efficiency-based staffing models, the former focused on staffing ratios and the latter, staff ...
Matt Boden, Clifford A Smith, Jodie A Trafton   +2 more
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Nutrition and maternal health: a mapping of Australian dietetic services

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Strong associations between diet and maternal and child outcomes emphasise the importance of evidence-based care for women across preconception, antenatal and postnatal periods.
Shelley Ann Wilkinson, Elin Donaldson, Jane Willcox   +2 more
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Patient Outcomes and Unit Composition With Transition to a High-Intensity ICU Staffing Model: A Before-and-After Study

Critical Care Explorations, 2023
IMPORTANCE:. Provider staffing models for ICUs are generally based on pragmatic necessities and historical norms at individual institutions. A better understanding of the role that provider staffing models play in determining patient outcomes and ...
Jennifer L. Proper, PhD, David A. Wacker, MD, PhD, Salma Shaker, MD, Jamie Heisdorffer, MPH, RN, Rami M. Shaker, MHI, Larissa T. Shiue, MD, Kathryn M. Pendleton, MD, Lianne K. Siegel, PhD, Ronald A. Reilkoff, MD   +8 more
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Modeling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisitions in the intensive care unit with different staffing levels and finite direct-care tasks

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Modeling is a cost-effective way to evaluate interventions pertaining to hospital infection acquisitions, such as staffing levels. Increasing the number of nurses in an intensive care unit affects rates of HAI transmission.
Stephanie Johnson, Matthew Mietchen, Eric Lofgren   +2 more
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Measuring without a ruler: Limited data to characterize the relationship between physician assistant/nurse practitioner staffing and emergency department performance

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022
Objective Physician assistant (PA) and nurse practitioner (NP) staffing is increasingly common in emergency departments (EDs), with variable physician supervision.
Elizabeth S. Temin, Margaret E. Samuels‐Kalow, Rebecca E. Cash, Krislyn M. Boggs, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Kori S. Zachrison   +5 more
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Critical care staffing ratio and outcome of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit admission during the first pandemic wave: a retrospective analysis across Switzerland from the RISC-19-ICU observational cohort

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2022
STUDY AIM: The surge of admissions due to severe COVID-19 increased the patients-to-critical care staffing ratio within the ICUs. We investigated whether the daily level of staffing was associated with an increased risk of ICU mortality (primary ...
Marie-Madlen Jeitziner, André Moser, Pedro D Wendel-Garcia, Matthias Thomas Exl, Stefanie Keiser, Reto A. Schuepbach, Urs Pietsch, Sara Cereghetti, Filippo Boroli, Julien Marrel, Anne-Aylin Sigg, Hatem Ksouri, Peter Schott, Alexander Dullenkopf, Isabelle Fleisch, Antje Heise, Jean-Christophe Laurent, Stephan M. Jakob, Matthias P. Hilty , Yok-Ai Que   +19 more
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Staffing Model for Dental Wellness and Readiness [PDF]

Military Medicine, 2004
Oral health is an integral part of general health. Previous research has shown that untreated oral conditions can result in increased rates of disease and nonbattle injury for deployed soldiers. The purpose of this study was to develop models for U.S. Army dental wellness and readiness using a multivariate regression analysis approach.
Larry G, Rothfuss, Scott A, Johnson, Stephen D, Larsen, Jeffrey, Chaffin, Kenn, Finstuen   +4 more
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Simulation Modeling of Alternative Staffing and Task Prioritization in Manual Post-Distribution Cross Docking Facilities [PDF]

, 2017
Many supply chains have grown increasingly complex, which has led to the development of different facility types. One such facility is known as a post-distribution cross docking system (Post-C).
Cox, David A
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Nurse staffing levels revisited: a consideration of key issues in nurse staffing levels and skill mix research. [PDF]

, 2009
AIM: This paper revisits the published evidence relating to how nurse staffing levels impact on patient, nurse and service outcomes and considers the implications of this body of research for nurse managers in their quest to determine optimum nursing ...
Aiken, Aiken, Al-Kandari, Arthur, Audit Commission, Buchan, Budge, Chaguturu, Chalmers, Chang, Currie, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Donaldson, Edwards, Estabrooks, Garrett, Gerdtz, Greenhalgh, Griffiths, Hegney, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Hurst, Hurst, Hurst, Kane, Kirkpatrick, Konetzka, Kovner, Lang, Lankshear, Maben, Mannion, McKeown, Morgan, Moyle, Naish, Needleman, Page, Pearson, Rafferty, Robinson, Sasichay-Akkadechanunt, Scott, Scott, Sheward, Sochalski, Stone, Tervo-Heikkinen, Thungjaroenkul, Torangeau, Torangeau, Torangeau, Unruh, Upenieks   +55 more
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Pay (No) Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: The Effects of Revealing Institutional Affiliation in a Consortial Chat Service

Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2022
This study aims to understand how users within a library consortium perceive chat service provided by staff members who are unaffiliated with the user’s home library.
Kathryn Barrett, Sabina Pagotto
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