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Hospital nursing and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumoniaMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
Med Care 51:52-9. 2013..Provisions of the Affordable Care Act that increase hospitals' financial accountability for preventable readmissions have heightened interest in identifying system-level interventions to reduce readmissions...
Impact of nurse staffing mandates on safety-net hospitals: lessons from CaliforniaMatthew D McHugh
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
Milbank Q 90:160-86. 2012..We examined the differential effect of California's staffing mandate on safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals...
Contradicting fears, California's nurse-to-patient mandate did not reduce the skill level of the nursing workforce in hospitalsMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1299-306. 2011..Policy makers in other states can look to California's experience when considering similar approaches to improving patient care...
Medicare readmissions policies and racial and ethnic health disparities: a cautionary taleMatthew D McHugh
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
Policy Polit Nurs Pract 11:309-16. 2010..Using 2008 Medicare data, we assess the risk for readmission for minorities and discuss implications for minority-serving institutions...
Nurses' widespread job dissatisfaction, burnout, and frustration with health benefits signal problems for patient careMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, inPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:202-10. 2011..Improving nurses' working conditions may improve both nurses' and patients' satisfaction as well as the quality of care...
Risk factors for hospital-acquired 'poor glycemic control': a case-control studyMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 23:44-51. 2011....
Hospital nurse staffing and public health emergency preparedness: implications for policyMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Public Health Nurs 27:442-9. 2010..This review highlights the challenges of maintaining hospital nursing surge capacity and policy implications of a nursing shortage...
The U.S. presidential election and health care workforce policyMatthew D McHugh
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Policy Polit Nurs Pract 9:6-14. 2008..Three general themes are highlighted for their implications on the physician and nurse workforce supply, including (a) expansion of health care coverage, (b) workforce investment, and (c) cost control and quality improvement...
Readiness for change and short-term outcomes of female adolescents in residential treatment for anorexia nervosaMatthew D McHugh
The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:602-12. 2007..To determine if readiness for change (RFC) at admission predicted length of stay (LOS) and short-term outcomes among female adolescents in residential treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN)...
Nurse outcomes in Magnet® and non-magnet hospitalsLesly A Kelly
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
J Nurs Adm 41:428-33. 2011..05). Magnet hospitals have significantly better work environments than non-Magnet hospitals. The better work environments of Magnet hospitals are associated with lower levels of nurse job dissatisfaction and burnout...
Nursing: a key to patient satisfactionAnn Kutney-Lee
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w669-77. 2009..Improving nurses' work environments, including nurse staffing, may improve the patient experience and quality of care...
Lower mortality in magnet hospitalsMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Department of Sociology, Population Studies Center Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Med Care 51:382-8. 2013....
Nurse reported quality of care: a measure of hospital qualityMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Res Nurs Health 35:566-75. 2012..Nurse reported quality of care is a useful indicator of hospital performance...
Understanding clinical expertise: nurse education, experience, and the hospital contextMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
Res Nurs Health 33:276-87. 2010..Our findings suggest that, controlling for individual characteristics, the hospital context significantly influences clinical nursing expertise...
The legal context of nurses volunteering in mass casualty eventsMatthew D McHugh
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, USA
Pa Nurse 62:14-5. 2007
Fit or fat? A review of the debate on deaths attributable to obesityMatthew D McHugh
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Public Health Nurs 23:264-70. 2006..Nurses should be actively engaged in such research in an effort to understand the epidemic of obesity and develop programs and influence policy to curb the determinants of obesity...
Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities: exploring an outcome-oriented agenda for research and policyBrian K Gibbs
Harvard School of Public Health, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 31:185-218. 2006....
