Nursing cost by DRG: Nursing intensity weights

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-289

  Knauf, Robert A ^a   Ballard, Karen ^b,c,d   Mossman, Philip N ^e   Lichtig, Leo K ^f  

^a NETWORK Inc   (United States)

^b Nursing Department   (China)

^c New York State Nurses Association   (United States)

^d Practice and Governmental Affairs Program

^e New York State (NYS) Department of Health   (United States)

^f Aon Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; DRG weights; Hospital payment; Patient acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DELPHI STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846462107     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154406297910     Document Type: Article

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