TABLE 4.
Estimated Average Probabilities of Readmission by Nurse Staffing Level and Quality of the Work Environment of the Hospital
Environment | Staffing (Patients per Nurse)
|
Overall | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
Heart Failure | ||||||
Poor | 0.216 | 0.227 | 0.239 | 0.251 | 0.263 | 0.239 |
Mixed | 0.209 | 0.221 | 0.232 | 0.244 | 0.256 | 0.232 |
Good | 0.204 | 0.214 | 0.225 | 0.237 | 0.249 | 0.226 |
Overall | 0.209 | 0.221 | 0.232 | 0.244 | 0.256 | 0.232 |
Acute Myocardial Infarction | ||||||
Poor | 0.172 | 0.184 | 0.197 | 0.211 | 0.225 | 0.195 |
Mixed | 0.168 | 0.180 | 0.193 | 0.207 | 0.221 | 0.191 |
Good | 0.165 | 0.177 | 0.189 | 0.203 | 0.217 | 0.187 |
Overall | 0.168 | 0.180 | 0.193 | 0.207 | 0.221 | 0.191 |
Pneumonia | ||||||
Poor | 0.169 | 0.177 | 0.186 | 0.195 | 0.204 | 0.185 |
Mixed | 0.162 | 0.170 | 0.178 | 0.187 | 0.196 | 0.178 |
Good | 0.155 | 0.163 | 0.171 | 0.179 | 0.188 | 0.171 |
Overall | 0.162 | 0.170 | 0.178 | 0.187 | 0.196 | 0.178 |