Nurse staffing and NICU infection rates.

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Published in JAMA Pediatr on May 01, 2013

Authors

Jeannette A Rogowski1, Douglas Staiger, Thelma Patrick, Jeffrey Horbar, Michael Kenny, Eileen T Lake

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. rogowsje@umdnj.edu

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