Healthcare Associated Infections, Nurse Staffing, and Financial Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13775896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soumya Upadhyay (0000-0002-4651-0925, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA, corresponding author), Dean G Smith (0000-0002-1188-1574, LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Pages | 469580231159315-469580231159315 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00469580231159315 |
| PMID | 36879514 |
| OpenAlex | W4323347513 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a concern to patients, hospital administrators and policymakers. For over than a decade, efforts have been made to hold hospitals accountable for the costs of HAIs. This study uses contingency theory as a framework to examine the association between HAIs and hospital financial performance. We use publicly available data on 2059 hospitals in 2014 to 2016 that include HAIs, staffing financial performance, and hospital and hospital market characteristics. The key independent variables are available infection rates and nurse staffing. The dependent variables are indicators of financial performance: operating margin, total margin, and days cash on hand. We find nearly identical negative direct associations between infections and operating margins and total margins (-0.07%), and positive associations between the interaction of infections and nurse staffing (0.05%). A 10% higher infection rate would be predicted to be associated with only a 0.2% lower profit margin. The associations between HAIs, nurse staffing and days cash on hand were insignificantly different from zero
Business · Cash · Economics · Health care · Margin (machine learning · Profit margin · Staffing · Finance · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |