id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt pv63fx73p1b Elizabeth Lee-Ellen Munnich Essays in Health Economics 2013 .txt text/plain 338 15 42 My findings suggest that offsetting changes due to hospital closures and shifting staff within hospitals mitigated employment effects of the mandated minimum staffing legislation. Using annual financial data from California hospitals, I find that nurse-to-patient ratios in California hospitals increased substantially following the staffing mandate. cache/pv63fx73p1b.txt txt/pv63fx73p1b.txt