title: Nursing resource management: analyzing the relationship between costs and quality in staffing decisions.
abstract: A statistical model can be used to quantify the relationship between cost and quality in nurse staffing decisions and to demonstrate that high-quality health care is not necessarily synonymous with high-cost health care.
authors: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
authors: K G
authors: KG
authors: Behner
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Fogg
authors: L C
authors: LC
authors: Fournier
authors: J T
authors: JT
authors: Frankenbach
authors: S B
authors: SB
authors: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States