title: Nursing care costs for stroke patients in a rehabilitation setting.
abstract: Many nursing departments have developed methods for identifying the cost of acute nursing care services. Assuming that rehabilitation services will soon be reimbursed on a prospective basis as well, the nursing costs of those services will also need to be ascertained. In a study of one rehabilitation service, it was found that nursing care costs accounted for a greater proportion of hospital charges in rehabilitation than is true in acute care and that length of stay was the best predictor of the cost of care.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000191:economics*