Patient care staffing levels and facility characteristics in U.S. hemodialysis facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher numbers of registered nurses (RNs) per patient have been associated with improved patient outcomes in acute-care facilities. Variation in and associations of patient care staffing levels and hemodialysis facility characteristics have not been examined previously.

Study design

Cross-sectional study using Poisson regression to examine associations between patient care staffing levels and hemodialysis facility characteristics.

Setting & participants

4,800 US hemodialysis facilities in the 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) End-Stage Renal Disease Annual Facility Survey (CMS-2744 form).

Predictors

Facility characteristics, including profit status, freestanding status, chain affiliation, and geographic region, adjusted for facility size, ca

SUBMITTER: Yoder LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3840051 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature