title: Costs of most frequent nursing activities in highly dependent hospitalized patients.
abstract: This quantitative study aimed to identify the costs of the most frequent nursing activities in highly dependent hospitalized patients at a medical clinic. The non-probabilistic convenience sample corresponded to 607 observations regarding oral feeding activities (OF), blood pressure verification (BP) / heart rate (HR), body temperature checking (BTC), performance of intimate hygiene and management of feeding probe. The costs identified corresponded to R$2.40 (SD±2.64) for OF feeding; R$1.26 (SD±0.48) to verify the BP/HR; R$1.17 (SD±0.46) for BTC; R$15.59 (SD±8.62) to perform intimate hygiene and R$5.95 (SD±2.13) for management of feeding probe. This study will facilitate cost management, with a view to avoiding waste related to unnecessary resource consumption and establish a correlation between costs and care delivery results.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. tonifer@usp.br
authors.forename: Antônio Fernandes Costa
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castilho
authors.forename: Fernanda Maria Togeiro
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fugulin
authors.forename: Belisa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Natália Siqueira
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Ramin
authors.forename: Talita de Oliveira
authors.initials: Tde O
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*