title: Describing costs related to nursing.
abstract: There is limited financial evidence describing the relationship between nursing staffing and patient care costs. In this analysis, the body of knowledge relating costs to nursing practice is described and critiqued. An improved method of describing costs of patient care is presented, and a comparison of costs using each approach illustrates how the magnitude of cost variation between 2 patients differs based on the approach used.
authors.affiliation: Porter Adventist Hospital, School of Nursing, University of Colorado at Denver, Health Sciences Center, 80210, USA. sharonpappas@centura.org
authors.forename: Sharon Holcombe
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D005791:Patient Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States