title: Calculation of patient's complexity: paramedical and nursing facets.
abstract: In order to have a better understanding of patient's clinical reality for cost analysis and research issues, it is essential to complete medical and nursing classification systems by scoring methods. After a discussion of the concepts which underlie the entire methodology, the following paper presents an algorithm allowing the calculation of patient's complexity related to care, which is emphasized by a paramedical and nursing summary.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche Médico-Economique, Hôpital de Morges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Delacrétaz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frutiger
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D016526:Workload