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What Can We Learn From The Existing Evidence Of The Business Case For Investments In Nursing Care: Importance Of Content, Context, And Policy Environment, Olga Yakusheva, Douglas Wholey, Kevin D. Frick

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Decisions of health care institutions to invest in nursing care are often guided by mixed and conflicting evidence of effects of the investments on organizational function and sustainability. This paper uses new evidence generated through Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI)-funded research and published in peer-reviewed journals, to illustrate where the business case for nursing investments stands and to discuss factors that may limit the existing evidence and its transferability into clinical practice. We conclude that there are 3 limiting factors: (1) the existing business case for nursing investments is likely understated due to the inability of most studies to …