Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Conceptual Framework

Flowchart showing the conceptual framework for this project. The flowchart is structured as follows:

First Column: Covariates

Text Box 1: Patient Characteristics

• Severity of illness
• Comorbidities
• Demographics
• Socio-economics

There is an arrow pointing down to another text box labeled: Structures of Care

• Hospital Size
• Teaching Status
• ICU Type
• Nursing Case mix

Both of these text boxes lead to a second column with two additional text boxes.

Second Column: Independent Variables

Text Box 1: Administrative Processes: Nurse Working Conditions

• Organizational Climate
• Staffing
• Overtime
• Wages

There is a line to the second text box below the first one.

Text Box 2: Structures of Care

• Profit Margin
• Magnet Status

Both of these two text boxes have arrows pointing to a third text box in the third column.

Third Column: Dependent Variables

Text Box: Patient Outcomes

• CLBSI
• VAP
• CAUTI
• Decubitus Ulcer
• 30-Day Mortality