Effects of hospital care environment on patient mortality and nurse outcomes.

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Published in J Nurs Adm on May 01, 2008

Authors

Linda H Aiken1, Sean P Clarke, Douglas M Sloane, Eileen T Lake, Timothy Cheney

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6096, USA. laiken@nursing.upenn.edu

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