title: The nursing costs of urinary incontinence in a nursing home population.
abstract: The labor resources and costs of caring for incontinence in a nursing home population are explored. Data from a work measurement study have been applied to patient assessment results to estimate the total costs of labor for three states and the U.S. as a whole. Incontinence care costs an estimated $1.1 billion per year in the US; this represents 3 to 4 per cent of all Medicaid payments made to nursing homes.
authors.affiliation: ABT Associates, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing*