title: Comparison of costing tools in paediatric intensive care.
abstract: The cost of service provision is an issue of concern to all professionals working in health care. Department of Health reports have highlighted the need for more effective costing mechanisms for provision of paediatric intensive care (PIC). This study aimed to determine whether nurse-patient dependency scoring would be as effective as the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) at providing a differential costing tool for PIC. Data were collected on 251 patient admissions over 1,741 nursing shifts and analysis of variance undertaken. Findings suggest that a modified nurse-patient dependency score would be as good as TISS as a potential costing tool in PICU.
authors.affiliation: Sydney Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Murdoch
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D004739:England; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000191:economics*; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016526:Workload