Inpatient nursing unit volume, length of stay, cost, and mortality
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Inpatient nursing unit volume, length of stay, cost, and mortality
Nurs Econ.
2006 Nov-Dec.
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.
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