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EFFECTS OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC REPORTING ON THE NURSE SENSITIVE

MEASURES OF FALLS AND FALLS WITH INJURY IN HOSPITALS: A

MASSACHUSETTS PERSPECTIVE




A Dissertation

Presented by

PATRICIA M. NOGA




Submitted to the Office of Graduate
Studies University of Massachusetts
Boston
in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of




DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY




December 2011



Nursing Health Policy Program

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, EFFECTS OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC REPORTING ON THE NURSE SENSITIVE

MEASURES OF FALLS AND FALLS WITH INJURY IN HOSPITALS: A

MASSACHUSETTS PERSPECTIVE




A Dissertation

Presented by

PATRICIA M. NOGA



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Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor
Chairperson of Committee


Patricia Reid Ponte, Clinical Professor
Member


Ling Shi, Assistant Professor
Member


Patricia Dykes, DNSc, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Member



Laura Hayman, Program Director
Nursing Doctoral Program


Jacqueline Fawcett, Chairperson
Nursing Department