Assignment task: Distinguish between study designs in terms of causal inference and sources of bias.
Read Nurse Staffing and Inpatient Hospital Mortality.
Write a Memorandum (no more than 2 pages) directed to your faculty answering the questions:
1. What questions did researchers try to answer?
2. What study design was chosen for this study? Why?
3. What data was collected? Why?
4. What biases the study was subjected to?
5. What conclusions were made?
6. How a healthcare manager can use this study to guide departmental staffing?