Coben E L
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York.
J Nurs Adm. 1991 Apr;21(4):20-5.
Hospitals can realize substantial savings from nursing case management. The author describes an investigation assessing the cost-effectiveness of this mode of patient care delivery. The results showed an overall decrease in length of stay, an increase in patient turnover, and a potential increase in patient revenues generated for the hospital. The author provides several general and socioeconomic implications relating to the importance of nursing case management to patient care and institutions' profitability.
医院可以通过护理病例管理实现大幅节约。作者描述了一项评估这种患者护理模式成本效益的调查。结果显示住院时间总体缩短，患者周转率提高，医院产生的患者收入可能增加。作者提供了一些与护理病例管理对患者护理和机构盈利能力的重要性相关的一般及社会经济影响。
