Secondary analysis of merged American Hospital Association data and U.S. Census data: Beginning to understand the supply-demand chain in pediatric inpatient care
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2008-05-22Keywords
*American Hospital Association*Censuses
Child
Community Health Planning
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Forecasting
Health Planning
Health Services Research
Hospital Bed Capacity
Humans
Inpatients
Needs Assessment
Nursing Administration Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Pediatric Nursing
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Research Design
United States
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
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Much attention has been focused on how the nursing shortage will impact the growing number of aging Americans. This study was conducted as a first step in understanding nursing supply relative to potential pediatric demand using merged data from the American Hospital Association's annual survey and Census data by state from the year 2000. Findings indicate that there is tremendous variability among reporting states related to estimated pediatric nurses (registered nurse full-time equivalents), potential pediatric demand (persons from birth to 18 years), and allocated pediatric beds. Future research will examine how this supply-demand chain impacts clinical and cost outcomes for pediatric patients.Source
J Pediatr Nurs. 2008 Jun;23(3):161-8. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.pedn.2007.08.019Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47700PubMed ID
18492545Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.pedn.2007.08.019