Billing of nursing procedures at an intensive care unit

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Raquel Silva Bicalho Zunta²  Valéria Castilho¹ 

[1] ,Hospital São Luiz Unidade ItaimSP ,Brazil

关键词: Nursing;    Health Care Costs;    Hospital Costs;    Enfermagem;    Custos de Cuidados de Saúde;    Custos Hospitalares;    Enfermería;    Costos de la Atención en Salud;    Costos de Hospital;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692011000300017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to: estimate the billing of nursing procedures at an intensive care unit and calculate how much of total ICU revenues are generated by nursing. An exploratory-descriptive, documentary research with a quantitative approach was carried out. The study was performed at a general ICU of a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo. The sample consisted of 159 patients. It was concluded that the nursing procedures were responsible for 15.1% of total ICU revenues, which breaks down to an average 11.3% of revenues coming from nursing prescriptions and 3.8% from medical prescriptions. Demonstrating how much nursing contributes to hospital revenues is essential information for nursing managers, as it is an important argument to obtain resources and guarantee safe care.

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