title: Institutional and economic influences on quality of nursing documentation.
abstract: This study evaluates the quality of nursing documentation within the hospital record for a particularly vulnerable group of patients, the depressed aged. Specifically, the effects of prospective payment, unit type, hospital type, and nurse staffing levels on nursing documentation within hospital charts were assessed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Policy, RAND, Santa Monica, CA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing*; D004282:Documentation / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload