PUBLISHED: October 9, 2023
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Within-facility variation in staff turnover was associated with decreased quality of care. These findings suggest that efforts to monitor and reduce staff turnover may be able to improve patient outcomes.

In this cross-sectional study of 1.45 million facility-weeks (corresponding to 13 826 unique facilities), within a given facility periods of greater turnover of nursing staff were associated with lower quality of care along multiple measures according to health inspection citations and resident assessments.

Shen, Karen, et al. “Health Care Staff Turnover and Quality of Care at Nursing Homes.” JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 183, no. 11, American Medical Association, Nov. 2023, p. 1247. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5225.