title: Validated indexes: key to nursing acuity standardization.
abstract: Classification systems for nurse staffing could be standardized and used in reimbursement and outcome studies if validated health status and illness severity measures were used as proxies for nursing acuity.
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authors.lastname: Kelleher
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce