Adjusting for Nursing Care Case Mix in Hospital Reimbursement: A Review of International Practice

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-102

  Laport, Nancy ^a   Sermeus, Walter ^b   Vanden Boer, Guy ^b   Van Herck, Pieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

case mix; cost; diagnosis related groups; hospital; nursing; reimbursement mechanism

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47649109721     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408319696     Document Type: Article

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