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Management of nursing intensity.

J D Thompson1, D Diers

  • 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

The Nursing Clinics of North America
|September 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

The Yale Nursing Intensity Project found consistent relative nursing intensity across Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) but variable minutes of care. Separating intensive care and costing nursing by service level is recommended for better reimbursement and management.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Resource Management
  • Healthcare Economics
  • Patient Classification Systems

Background:

  • Patient classification systems are primarily used for hospital staffing.
  • Measuring nursing resources accurately is crucial for healthcare management and reimbursement.
  • Existing methods may not adequately capture variations in nursing care intensity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore patient classification as a measure of nursing resources.
  • To analyze cross-hospital variations in nursing care minutes and intensity.
  • To inform policy decisions regarding nursing reimbursement and hospital cost accounting.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Yale Nursing Intensity Project.
  • Conducted cross-hospital comparisons of nursing minutes and patient classification.
  • Analyzed the relative nursing intensity of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs).

Main Results:

  • Observed significant unexplained variation in nursing care minutes across hospitals.
  • Found consistency in the relative nursing intensity of DRGs.
  • Highlighted the need to differentiate between intensive care and routine floor care.
  • Identified substantial differences in nursing resource use across clinical services.

Conclusions:

  • Nursing intensity measurement requires separating intensive and routine care.
  • Nursing cost accounting should be performed at the service or unit level.
  • A nationwide dataset for nursing resources can support policy decisions on DRG weighting for reimbursement.
  • Implementing such a system would improve nursing cost accountability and management.

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