title: Variable budgeting for staffing. Analysis and evaluation.
abstract: A successful resource-management system must be based on variable budgeting principles to account for fluctuation in patient census, methodically prepared through historical analysis of operations, carefully executed and monitored by accountable multidisciplinary managers. Significant attention must be paid to communication, positioning and stability of the patient care organization.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cavouras
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McKinley
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics*