title: Nurse staffing: a structural proxy for hospital quality?
authors.forename: Pamela H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Norma M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology