title: Caring about the costs.
abstract: In his second article on payment by results (PbR), David Newbold considers the system's benefits and pitfalls and how nurses and nursing could be affected.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Newbold
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom