Older adult experience of care and staffing on hospital and community wards: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Staffing and time to care as predictors of patient satisfaction (adjusted for ward type)

Predictor	N wards	N patients	β^a,b	95% CI	p
Number of patients per staff member	115	4044	−1.07	−2.36 to 0.17	0.10
Number of patients per registered nurse	115	4044	0.11	−0.25 to 0.47	0.54
Number of patients per HCA	115	4044	−0.32	−0.55 to − 0.10	< 0.01
Number of HCAs per registered nurse	115	4044	1.40	−0.19 to 2.99	0.09
Interaction between number of patients per registered nurse and number of patients per HCA	115	4044	−0.07	−0.22 to 0.07	0.33
Mean staff perceived time to care	117	4051	4.23	2.09 to 6.37	< 0.01

^a All analyses were multi-level with a random effect for Ward identity to account for clustering of patient satisfaction ratings within wards
^b All analyses were adjusted for ward type: acute vs. post-acute vs. community

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