Using FTE and RVU performance measures to assess financial viability of Academic Nurse-Managed Centers

Nursing Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 124-134

  Vonderheid, Susan ^a   Pohl, Joanne ^b   Schafer, Patricia ^c   Forrest, Kathy ^d   Poole, Michele ^e   Barkauskas, Violet ^b   MacKey, Thomas A ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Department of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h Occupational Health for Nurses Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CAPITATION FEE; COST ALLOCATION; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FINANCIAL AUDIT; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE CLINICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; TEXAS;

EID: 3843147354     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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