Mass Insight/BW Research Partnership: Analysis of Proposed Mandated Nursing Staffing Ratio

The following study conducted by BW Research Partnership and Mass Insight addresses three main areas of questioning with regards to the proposed Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios, or MNSRs: (1) what are the costs and other financial impacts of the proposed MNSR ballot initiative, (2) to what extent is the MNSR feasible to implement across all hospitals in Massachusetts, and (c) how will the MNSR impact care at both hospital and non-hospital healthcare facilities across the Commonwealth. The research team examined impacts to staffing, wage inflation, recruitment and turnover costs, employer competition, as well as additional costs to education and training using a mixed-methodology approach that synthesized data across several sources PatientCareLink, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl (Emsi), and comprehensive surveys and interviews with healthcare leaders in Massachusetts.