title: Clinical profiles manage quality, cost of hospital product.
abstract: This series of articles explores the bottom line of patient classification systems--their ability to measure the consumption and the quality of healthcare services. In these articles, the use of clinical profiles, severity measures, and nursing dependency factors are discussed as methods of measurement to help healthcare organizations manage the cost and quality of their services.
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000379:methods*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*