Emergency department patient classification system.
Very little has been reported about costing out nursing services in emergency departments. In this study, an emergency care unit (ECU) worked with consultants to adapt the hospital patient classification system to provide more accurate ECU service charges for nursing care.
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D004180:Direct Service Costs; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000145:classification*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics