A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing links the quality of the nurse work environment and COVID-19 mortality rates among socially vulnerable Medicare patients.
A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) study, published in INQUIRY, finds a strong association between the quality of the nurse work environment and COVID-19 mortality rates among socially vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. The study examines data from 238 acute care hospitals across New York and Illinois.