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Nursing Shortages and Patient Outcomes

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  • Elaine Kelly

    (Health Foundation, Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Carol Propper

    (Imperial College Business School, Monash University, Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Ben Zaranko

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

Abstract

This paper examines the effect of nurse shortages on healthcare production. Employing novel high-frequency data we examine what effect the absence of nursing staff has on inpatient mortality and other outcomes associated with nursing care. We find significant adverse mortality impacts of shortages of nurses with degree-level qualifications but no effect of shortages of less qualified nursing assistants. Adverse mortality impacts of shortages are particularly concentrated among patients with sepsis, a condition where early detection is important for survival and where nurses have a central role in detection and subsequent control.

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  • Elaine Kelly & Carol Propper & Ben Zaranko, 2024. "Nursing Shortages and Patient Outcomes," Papers 2024-02, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhe:chemon:2024-02
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    Keywords

    Nursing Shortages; Patient Outcomes; Mortality; Hospital Care;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General

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