Is what's good for the patient good for the hospital? Aligning incentives and the business case for nursing

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Needleman, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business case; Hospital payment; Nursing; Quality

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

COMMERCE; COST SAVINGS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47649103419     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408320047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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