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Table 1 Overview of staffing-to-patient ratio

From: Nursing home leaders’ and nurses’ experiences of resources, staffing and competence levels and the relation to hospital readmissions – a case study

 

Nursing home

Nurse to Patient ratio

Certified Nurse assistant to Patient ratio

Assistant to Patient ratio

Total healthcare worker to patient ratio

Municipality A

Short-term

1.09:1

0.42:1

0.18:1

1.69:1

Long-term

0.45:1

0.96:1

0.12:1

1.54:1

Municipality B

Short-term

1.18:1

0.56:1

0.61:1

2.36:1

Long-term

0.46:1

0.79:1

0.52:1

1.82:1