TY - JOUR T1 - Increasing nurse staffing levels in cardiac surgery centres appears to be a cost effective patient safety intervention JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 102 LP - 102 DO - 10.1136/ebn1096 VL - 13 IS - 4 AU - Patricia A Hickey Y1 - 2010/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/13/4/102.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Van den Heede K, Simoens S, Diya L, et al. Increasing nurse staffing levels in Belgian cardiac surgery centres: a cost-effective patient safety intervention? J Adv Nurs 2010;66:1291–6.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Over the past decade there has been worldwide interest in the effect of nurse staffing on quantifiable patient outcomes. In numerous multi-centre studies of hospitalised adults, in-hospital mortality has been reported to be inversely associated with nurse staffing levels.1,–,3 There are fewer published data establishing the trade-offs and associations between resources provided and quality of care. Policy makers interested in the cost, quality and effectiveness of healthcare will find guidance in this article.Van den Heede and colleagues reported on their cost-effectiveness … ER -