title: Nursing care costs for a DRG sub-group.
abstract: This study determined the average cost of nursing care for two DRGs and evaluated how a specific nursing intervention, Phase I Cardiac Rehabilitation, impacts on these costs. A unit-based methodology to determine the cost of providing nursing care to patients who stay on more than one nursing care unit during their hospital stay will facilitate decision making by nurse administrators and clinicians to contain rising health care costs.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gillies
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biordi
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000191:economics*