patient's expected profitability to a SNF increases the probability that a hospital self-refers that patient (i.e., to a co …

mandated minimum levels of patients per nurse in the hospital setting. When the law was passed, some hospitals already had … acceptable staffing levels, while others had nurse staffing ratios that did not meet mandated standards. Thus changes in hospital …

This paper uses data from the 1990s to examine changes in the wages, employment, and effort of nurses in California … hospitals following takeovers by large chains. The market for nurses has been described as a classic monopsony, so that one … effects on effort rather than on wages. This prediction is bourne out by the data nurses see few declines in wages following …

use detailed longitudinal monthly data on nursing units in the Veterans Administration hospital system to identify how the … human capital (general, hospital-specific and unit or team-specific) of the nursing team on the unit affects patients … positive and significant effects on patient outcomes while the use of contract nurses, who have less specific capital than …

working. The physical toll of work is smaller now than in 1950, with workers shifting away from occupations in which people … across demographic groups. Work has become happier and more meaningful for women, but more stressful and less meaningful for …

critical information and persuade individuals to adopt preventative health behaviors. Our group of clinicians and nurses …