International Team of Researchers Finds Quality and Safety Problems in Hospitals to be Widespread throughout 12 Countries in Europe and the U.S.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
In one of the largest studies of its kind, a consortium of investigators from 13 countries led the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in the U.S. and the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in Europe, found that nurses who reported better working conditions in hospitals and less likelihood of leaving also had patients who were more satisfied with their hospital stay and rated their hospitals more highly. The study was released today in the current issue of the prestigious British Medical Journal.