Substitution of hospital staff in concurrent utilization review

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-246

  Darmody, Julie ^a,b   Pawlak, Roberta ^a   Hook, Mary ^a   Semeniuk, Yulia ^a   Westphal, Judith ^a   Murray, Mary Ellen ^a   Henriques, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent review; Hospital costs; Personnel management; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONCURRENT REVIEW; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 34250373202     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000277781.21933.b5     Document Type: Review

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