The Lancet: More nurses lead to fewer patient deaths&readmissions, shorter hospital stays, and savings
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12 May 2021The Lancet: More nurses lead to fewer patient deaths&readmissions, shorter hospital stays, and savings
A study across 55 hospitals in Queensland, Australia suggests that a recent state policy to introduce a minimum ratio of one nurse to four patients for day shifts has successfully improved patient care, with a 7% drop in the chance of death and readmission, and 3% reduction in length of stay for every one less patient a nurse has on their workload.
