Testing an inpatient nursing intensity billing model

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Welton, John M ^a   Dismuke, Clara E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital charges; Hospital costs; Nursing care; Nursing intensity; Prospective payment system; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTENSIVE CARE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, NURSING; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47649119066     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408320045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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