Estimating nursing intensity and direct cost using the nurse-patient assignment

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 276-284

  Welton, John M ^a   Zone Smith, Laurie ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649143182     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181a72911     Document Type: Article

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