Optimizing advanced practitioner charge capture in high-acuity surgical intensive care units

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 552-555

  Butler, Karyn L ^a   Calabrese, Rebecca ^a   Tandon, Manish ^a   Kirton, Orlando C ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTIONER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL CARE DOCUMENTATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE; SALARY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CONNECTICUT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79956046067     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.93     Document Type: Article

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