title: Public health nursing costs in home care.
abstract: This article discusses the measurement of costs, particularly the cost of public health nursing in the home health setting, and describes typical cost-accounting procedures. Alternatives are analyzed and four models for measuring costs are presented: per diem, acuity, hourly, and diagnoses. Since each model measures cost in a different way, selection of one over another will affect research results.
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authors.lastname: Kovner
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States