There is an ongoing merger wave in the US hospital industry, but it remains an open question how hospital mergers … change, or fail to change, hospital behavior, performance, and outcomes. In this research, we open the “black box” of … outcomes. Our findings demonstrate the importance of hospital organizations and internal processes for merger research and …

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 …

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 …