Value of Nurse Practitioner Inpatient Hospital Staffing

The objective of this study was to determine whether the presence of more NPs produces better inpatient outcomes net of RN staffing. Research Design: This was a 2015–2016 cross-sectional data on 579 hospitals linked from: (1) RN4CAST-US nurse surveys; (2) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient surveys; (3) surgical patient discharge abstracts; (4) Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) reports; (5) American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey. Hospitals were grouped according to their NP/beds ratios [
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