The relationship between inpatient cardiac surgery mortality and nurse numbers and educational level: analysis of administrative data.

Koen Van den Heede; Emmanuel Lesaffre; Luwis Diya; Arthur Vleugels; Sean Clarke; Linda H. Aiken; Walter Sermeus

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The relationship between inpatient cardiac surgery mortality and nurse numbers and educational level: analysis of administrative data.

April 8, 2009

Van den Heede K, Lesaffre E, Diya L, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2009;46(6):796-803.

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Increased nurse staffing on postoperative general wards—but not in the intensive care unit—was associated with reduced mortality for cardiac surgery patients.

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