In a Grid Health article "Nurses are Not OK: Why They're quitting Their Jobs, and What it Means for the Future of Health Care," Karen Lasater shares how staffing mandates that improve patient to caregiver ratios make economic sense. The article references a study published in Med Care, "Is Hospital Nurse Staffing Legislation in the Public's Interest?" in which PARC associates Lasater and Linda H. Aiken are co-authors.

Related Study:

Is Hospital Nurse Staffing Legislation in the Public’s Interest? - PMC (nih.gov)

Citations:

"Nurses are Not OK: Why They're quitting Their Jobs and What it Meansfor the Future of Health Care," Grid Health, J Lambert and AL Matthews, May 2, 2022.

Lasater, KB, LA Aiken, et al. 2021. "Is Hospital Nurse Staffing Legislation in the Public's Interest? An Observational Study in New York State", Med Care 59(5):444-450.