title: Staffing. The five-level pyramid.
abstract: Staffing practices significantly affect hospital expense control. At a 571-bed hospital in the Southwest, a redesign of the nurse staffing system reduced annual premium nursing labor expenses by $7.5 million without decreasing the nursing hours per patient day. Strategies to achieve similar cost savings at other agencies are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Division and the Emergency Department, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hollabaugh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kendrick
mesh_terms: D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling