Economic evaluation: What does a nurse manager need to know?

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 419-427

  Douglas, Hannah Rose ^a   Normand, Charles ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Economic evaluation; Health economics; Nurse management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 24344498170     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2005.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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