Adjustment of inpatient care reimbursement for nursing intensity

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-280

  Welton, John M ^a   Zone Smith, Laurie ^b,c   Fischer, Mary H ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MUSC ^*  (United States)

^c MUSC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic related group; Hospital costs; Medicare cost report; Nursing costs; Nursing intensity; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACCOUNTING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846479490     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154406297510     Document Type: Article

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