title: Inpatient nursing unit volume, length of stay, cost, and mortality.
abstract: Nursing unit volume-outcome relationships exist for patients assigned selected DRGs. This finding suggests that, in some cases, aggregating inpatients with similar clinical conditions may result in lower cost of care, shorter length of stay, and fewer hospital deaths.
authors.affiliation: Decision Support, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Joan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rimar
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diers
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009511:New England / Q000453:epidemiology; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000458:organization & administration; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*