title: Relationship of direct nursing care hours to DRG and severity of illness.
abstract: Great variation in nursing resource use is documented within DRGs. Much of this variation may be explained by patient severity of illness. Variance in nursing resource use within DRGs can be reduced by using a severity of illness instrument to score patients.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bostrom
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D012495:San Francisco; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors