title: New care hours metric risks 'race to the bottom'.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Merrifield
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom