title: The pediatric intensive care unit business model.
abstract: All pediatric intensivists need a primer on ICU finance. The author describes potential alternate revenue sources for the division. Differentiating units by size or academic affiliation, the author describes drivers of expense. Strategies to manage the bottom line including negotiations for hospital services are covered. Some of the current trends in physician productivity and its described metrics, with particular focus on clinical FTE management is detailed. Methods of using this data to enhance revenue are discussed. Some of the other current trends in the ICU business related to changes at the federal and state level as well as in the insurance sector, moving away from fee-for-service are covered.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Hofstra School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA. cschleien@nshs.edu
authors: Charles L
authors: CL
authors: Schleien
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D004526:Efficiency; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013597:Systems Analysis