Macdonald L K, Reuter L F
Health Serv Res. 1973 Summer;8(2):102-20.
The hospital facilities and manpower used for the various procedures of a delivery suite are identified and measured as the basis for determining individual patient costs. The method of measuring staff and facility requirements, including the “cost of readiness” and the cost of inherent inefficiencies, generates detailed information that can be used in determining utilization ranges for budgeting decisions, for planning space needs, for personnel scheduling, and for patient billing.
确定产房各种程序所使用的医院设施和人力，并将其作为确定单个患者成本的依据。测量人员和设施需求的方法，包括“准备成本”和内在低效率成本，会生成详细信息，可用于确定预算决策的使用范围、规划空间需求、安排人员调度以及患者计费。
