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Included below are selected resources on nurse staffing ratios, infection control and readmissions.

Nurse Staffing Ratios

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  Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
  This study examines the impact of nurse staffing on rural hospital performance improvement in the CMS/Premier Inc. Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project. Higher registered nurse (RN) staffing hours per patient day are associated with higher scores on composite quality measures for pneumonia, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction and a hospital-wide composite score. The relationship between RN staffing and quality measures does not differ based on rural or urban location, the number of staffed beds, or medical school affiliation.
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  Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
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  Nurse-recruiter.com
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  American Nurses Association
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  Agency for Healthcare Research and Technology
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  American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA)
  Contact ASHHRA for its Metric Monitoring Report. This is a for sale item which includes some performance indicators.

Infection Control

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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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  National Center for Biotechnology Information
  
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  Flex Monitoring Team
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  CDC
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  The University of Chicago Press

Readmissions

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  Flex Monitoring Team
  Includes analysis of mortality and readmission data.
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  Labor Management Institute
  Includes RN, LPN/LVN, and nurse aide patient staffing ratios for units within the hospital and reports data for rural hospitals as a category.
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  WhyNottheBest.org (The Commonwealth Fund)
  This allows for comparison of hospitals to national and top 10 pools and includes comparison categories for rural hospitals. It also includes some selected infection control data.

Financial Indicators

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  Flex Monitoring Team
  Fields: Finance, State Performance
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  Flex Monitoring Team
  Field: Finance
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  Flex Monitoring Team
  Field: Finance
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  Healthcare Financing Review – Spring 2009
  Field: Finance