Nursing resource management: analyzing the relationship between costs and quality in staffing decisions.
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.
Behner
K G
KG
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Fogg
L F
LF
Fournier
L C
LC
Frankenbach
J T
JT
Robertson
S B
SB
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