title: Clinical care costing method for the Clinical Care Classification System.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a means for calculating the cost of nursing care using the Clinical Care Classification System (CCCS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Three CCCS indicators of care components, actions, and outcomes in conjunction with Clinical Care Pathways (CCPs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cost of patient care is based on the type of action time multiplied by care components and nursing costs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CCCM for the CCCS makes it possible to measure and cost out clinical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CCCM may be used with CCPs in the electronic patient medical record. The CCPs make it easy to track the clinical nursing care across time, settings, population groups, and geographical locations. Collected data may be used many times, allowing for improved documentation, analysis, and costing out of care.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. vsaba@att.net
authors.forename: Virginia K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Jean M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000191:economics; D004180:Direct Service Costs / Q000145:classification*; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000379:methods; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States