title: Staffing of healthcare workers and patient mortality: randomized trials needed.
abstract: In a Perspective accompanying a study by Benjamin Bray and colleagues, Meeta Kerlin discusses the evidence that physician and nurse workforces are associated with patient mortality, why clearer guidelines for appropriate workforce size are not available, and the next steps needed to address the knowledge gaps. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
authors.forename: Meeta Prasad
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kerlin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010820:Physicians; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*