Quantitative applications: forecasting and costing nursing service at an Army community hospital.
The utilization of a quantitative method of forecasting, coupled with an existing patient classification system (the Army's Workload Management System for Nursing), provides a creative costing tool for managing nursing resources at military medical facilities. Although the nursing management options discussed in this article are focused on a downsizing situation at an Army Community Hospital, they are applicable throughout military medical facilities.
Gilbert
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2D MASH, Fort Benning, GA 31905.
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