Nurse staffing and quality of care in UK general practice: cross-sectional study using routinely collected data
British Journal of General PracticePublished 27 December 2009Open access
Peter Griffiths, Trevor Murrells, Jill Maben, Simon Jones, Mark Ashworth
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Abstract
Practices that employ more nurses perform better in a number of clinical domains measured by the QOF. This improved performance includes better intermediate clinical outcomes, suggesting real patient benefit may be associated with using nurses to deliver care to meet QOF targets.
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