title: Nursing care requirements as measured by DRG.
abstract: Unless nurses describe and quantify their contribution to patient care, their financial solvency is seriously threatened under DRG reimbursement. Results of a study that quantified the nursing care of two DRGs using a patient classification system are presented. A description of how one nursing department plans to use this system on a hospital-wide scale is discussed. This information gives nurse administrators an objective means for appropriation of funds, projection of staffing needs, and ultimately, a means of earning revenue.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009518:New York; D009732:Nursing Care; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*