Nurse Staffing and Health Outcomes of Psychiatric Inpatients: A Secondary Analysis of National Health Insurance Claims Data |
Park, Suin
(College of Nursing, Kosin University)
Park, Sohee (Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) Lee, Young Joo (College of Nursing, Daegu Catholic University) Park, Choon-Seon (Department of Quality Assessment Administration, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service) Jung, Young-Chul (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) Kim, Sunah (College of Nursing, Yonsei University) |
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