Publications by authors named "Arshia Amiri"
Background: There is a lack of cross-national research to examine the role of new graduate nurses in improving the quality of nursing care and patient outcomes.
Purpose: To measure the role and clinical effectiveness of new graduate nurses in improving the quality of acute hospital care in the members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Methods: The total number of nursing graduates per 100,000 population and three OECD's Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) in acute care including 30-day in-hospital and out-of-hospital mortality rates per 100 patients based on acute myocardial infarction (MORTAMIO), hemorrhagic stroke (MORTHSTO) and ischemic stroke (MORTISTO) were collected in 33 OECD countries.
Objectives: To measure the effect of social distancing on reducing daily deaths, infections and hospital resources needed for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients during the first wave of the pandemic in Nordic countries.
Methods: The observations of social distancing, daily deaths, infections along with the needed hospital resources for COVID-19 patient hospitalizations including the numbers of all hospital beds, beds needed in ICUs and infection wards, nursing staffs needed in ICUs and infection wards were collected from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) by the University of Washington. The observations of social distancing were based on the reduction in human contact relative to background levels for each location quantified by cell phone mobility data collected from IHME.
Objectives: To measure the role of nurses and midwives in reducing obstetric trauma as a proxy for safety failures during childbirth in member countries of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Methods: The number of practicing nurses' and midwives' density per 1000 population and the proportion of third- and fourth-degree obstetric trauma during vaginal delivery with instrument (OT) and without instrument (OT) in crude rates per 100 vaginal deliveries for patients aged 15 and over collected from World Development Indicators and OECD Health Statistics in 17 OECD countries during 2010-2017 period. The statistical technique of panel data analysis was applied to estimate the impact of nurses and midwives on improving patient safety during childbirth.
Objectives: To investigate the magnitude of effect nurse staffing had on decreasing the newborn mortality rates in member countries of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Methods: The statistical technique of panel data analysis was applied to explore the possibility of association between the number of nurses' density per 1,000 population and infant, neonatal and perinatal mortality rates (IMR, NMR and PMR) per 1000 births. The observations of 35 OECD countries were collected over the period of 2000 through 2016.
Objective: To analyze economic feasibility for investing in nursing care.
Method: The number of practicing nurses' density per 1000 population as a proxy for nursing staff and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (current US$) were collected in 35 member countries of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) over 2000-2016 period. The statistical technique of panel data analysis including unit root test, cointegration analysis, Granger causality test, dynamic long-run model analysis and error correction model were applied to measure economic impact of nursing-related services.
Objective: To measure the possible magnitude of the role nurse staffing has on increasing life expectancy at birth and at 65 years old.
Methods: The statistical technique of panel data analysis was applied to investigate the relationship from the number of practicing nurses' density per 1000 population to life expectancy at birth and at 65 years old. Five control variables were used as the proxies for the levels of medical staffing, health care financial and physical resources, and medical technology.
Objectives: To analyze the role of nurse staffing in improving patient safety due to reducing surgical complications in member countries of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Methods: The number of practicing nurses' density per 1000 population and five surgical complications indicators including foreign body left in during procedure (FBL), postoperative pulmonary embolism (PPE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after hip and knee replacement, postoperative sepsis after abdominal surgery (PSA) and postoperative wound dehiscence (PWD) were collected in crude rates per 100,000 hospital discharges for age group of 15 years old and over within 30 days after surgery based on surgical admission-related and all admission-related methods. The observations of 21 OECD countries were collected from OECD Health Statistics during 2010-2015 period.
Background: Most of previous studies aimed to estimate the effect of nurse staffing on quality of acute hospital care have used stochastic methods and their results are mixed.
Objective: To measure the magnitude of effect of nurse-staffing level on increasing quality of acute care services in long-run.
Data: The number of practicing nurses' density per 1000 population as the proxy of nurse-staffing level and three Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) included 30-day mortality per 100 patients based on acute myocardial infarction (MORTAMIO), hemorrhagic stroke (MORTHSTO) and ischemic stroke (MORTISTO) were collected as a part of ongoing project by OECD.