Pappas C A, Van Scoy-Mosher C
Memorial Medical Center of Long Beach, California.
J Nurs Adm. 1988 May;18(5):31-3.
In 1983, the newly implemented prospective payment system reduced the length of hospital stays, thereby curtailing many of the services that patients traditionally received. The Division of Nursing at Memorial Medical Center of Long Beach, California identified many patient needs that were no longer being addressed during the inhospital stay and began looking for a way for nurses to meet these needs on an outpatient basis. The result was the formation of Memorial Medical Center's Community Nursing Center.
1983年，新实施的预期支付系统缩短了住院时间，从而减少了许多患者传统上接受的服务。加利福尼亚州长滩纪念医学中心护理部发现，许多患者需求在住院期间不再得到满足，于是开始寻找让护士在门诊基础上满足这些需求的方法。结果就是纪念医学中心社区护理中心的成立。
