Table 1.
Summary of themes by model category and frequency
Theme | Frequency (# hospitals reporting) | |
---|---|---|
Community Characteristics | Challenges due to location: patients, staffing, and community resources | 13 |
Characteristics of the population | 15 | |
Hospital Characteristics | Hospital type influences access to resources | 19 |
Hospital leadership structure and culture as foundational to quality | 19 | |
Units vary across and within hospitals | 16 | |
Patient Characteristics | Underlying health conditions impact the intensity of care | 16 |
Social history and economic characteristics impact on health status | 15 | |
Staffing Characteristics | Interprofessional acute care team composition | 17 |
Interprofessional acute care team centralizes around nursing | 8 | |
Nurse absorption of non-nursing duties resulting in the dilution of nursing care roles | 18 | |
Influence of organizational culture on work environment | 15 | |
Education, training, experience | 18 | |
Patient Outcomes | Impact of staffing on patient outcomes | 12 |
Cumulative impact of model themes on patient outcomes | 11 |