ArticleMedical care2014
Home health agency work environments and hospitalizations.
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- Validation and Measurement of Psychometric Properties of the "Nursing Work Environment Questionnaire" (NWE-q) in Italian Nurses.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Relationship of the nursing practice environment with the quality of care and patients' safety in primary health care.BMC nursing · 2023Article
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- Developing the nursing practice environment scale for home health care: A trial study in Japan.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Study of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Nursing Work Environments in Primary Care in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Training opportunities and the increase in the number of nurses in home-visit nursing agencies in Japan: a panel data analysis.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- International priorities for home care education, research, practice, and management: Qualitative content analysis.Nurse education today · 2019Article
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- How home health nurses plan their work schedules: A qualitative descriptive study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2018Article
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- Measuring nurses' perception of work environment: a scoping review of questionnaires.BMC nursing · 2017Article
- Relationship Between Working Conditions, Worker Outcomes, and Patient Care: A Theoretical Model for Frontline Health Care Workers.American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical QualityArticle
- Investigating the Effect of Family-Centered Self-Care Program based on Home Visits Regarding Dietary and Medication Regimen Adherence of Discharged Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAn important goal of home health care is to assist patients to remain in community living arrangements. Yet home care often fails to prevent hospitalizations and to facilitate discharges to community living, thus putting patients at risk of additional health challenges and increasing care costs.
objectivesTo determine the relationship between home health agency work environments and agency-level rates of acute hospitalization and discharges to community living. METHODS AND
designAnalysis of linked Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Home Health Compare data and nurse survey data from 118 home health agencies. Robust regression models were used to estimate the effect of work environment ratings on between-agency variation in rates of acute hospitalization and community discharge.
resultsHome health agencies with good work environments had lower rates of acute hospitalizations and higher rates of patient discharges to community living arrangements compared with home health agencies with poor work environments.
conclusionImproved work environments in home health agencies hold promise for optimizing patient outcomes and reducing use of expensive hospital and institutional care.
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