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Nurses' reports on hospital care in five countries
Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Sloane DM, et al. Nurses' reports on hospital care in five countries. Health Affairs. 2001;20(3):43-53.

This article describes reports from 43,000 nurses from more than 700 hospitals in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, and Germany in 1998-1999. The reports demonstrates that nurses in countries with distinctly different health care systems report similar problems in their work environments and the quality of hospital care.

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