The Commonwealth Fund Connection

The Commonwealth Fund Connection is a roundup of recent Fund publications, charts, multimedia, and other timely content.

July 29, 2011 Issue

The Influence of Nurse Staffing Levels on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

This Commonwealth Fund-supported study in the Gerontologist finds that by increasing nurse staffing hours, nursing homes may be able to lower their deficiency scores, raise their quality of care, and improve their marketability.

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Table of Contents

What's New

U.S. Continues to Far Outspend Other Nations on Health Care

Recent Releases

Analysis of the State Health Insurance Exchange Regulations

Alliance for Health Reform/Commonwealth Fund Briefing on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

The Influence of Nurse Staffing Levels on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

Promising Payment Reform: Risk-Sharing with Accountable Care Organizations

England's Approach to Improving End-of-Life Care: A Strategy for Honoring Patients' Choices

Assessing and Addressing Legal Barriers to the Clinical Integration of Community Health Centers and Other Community Providers

New on the Web

Updated Data on WhyNottheBest.org

New Initiative to Generate Real-Time Evidence to Improve Health Outcomes

New Commonwealth Fund News Feeds and Widget

Explore My Commonwealth Fund

News

Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis Made Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Blumenthal Chairs Commission, Bisognano Joins Board

Health Care Delivery in the United States

Mission

The mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.