But Bush administration officials said they did not want to set staffing ratios for the industry.

California has adopted proposed staffing ratios, which were unveiled in January.

The staffed housing projects each served many fewer people and had much higher staffing ratios than the other kinds of service.

Readers can create their own tables by ranking the institutions according to, say, career prospects, or staffing ratios.

Dr. Skinner said that as the hospital plans its year 2000 budget "we're going to have to look very closely at staffing ratios."

Up to 15 percent could be spent to improve staffing ratios at psychiatric hospitals.

"What this contract does is it creates a partnership in setting the staffing ratios."

In 1999, California became the first state to pass a law requiring minimum staffing ratios for hospital nurses.

This theory may be perceived as difficult to put into practice, however with the nursing shortages and tight staffing ratios.

More broadly, there is little hard evidence that staffing ratios alone have much impact on quality.