Inpatient nursing unit volume, length of stay, cost, and mortality

Nursing Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 298-307

  Rimar, Joan M ^a   Diers, Donna ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BED OCCUPANCY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846416925     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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