Background The relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care (QoC) in nursing
homes continues to receive major attention. The evidence supporting this relationship …

Nursing home care is expensive; second only to acute hospital care for inpatient Medicare
costs. The increased focus on costs of care accrued by Medicare beneficiaries in nursing …

In the United States, 1.4 million nursing home residents have been severely impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic with at least 25,923 resident and 449 staff deaths reported from the …

US nursing homes are required to have sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate
competencies to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable level of …

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationships between work
environment, care quality, registered nurse (RN) burnout, and job dissatisfaction in nursing …

Many US nursing homes have serious quality problems, in part, because of inadequate
levels of nurse staffing. This commentary focuses on two issues. First, there is a need for …

It is well-known that mortality rates are pro-cyclical. In this paper, we attempt to understand
why. We find little evidence that cyclical changes in individuals' own employment-related …

Background Higher staffing levels in long-term care have been associated with better
outcomes for residents in several landmark studies. However previous systematic reviews …

This paper revisits the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care in nursing
homes using an instrumental variables approach. Most prior studies rely on cross-sectional …

Aims and objectives To analyse and to summarise factors associated with nursing home
residents' characteristics which could lead to physical restraint, and to investigate the …