Costs of most frequent nursing activities in highly dependent hospitalized patients

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Antônio Fernandes Costa Lima²  Valéria Castilho²  Fernanda Maria Togeiro Fugulin²  Belisa Silva¹  Natália Siqueira Ramin¹  Talita De Oliveira Melo¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Escola de Enfermagem São Paulo,Brazil

关键词: Nursing;    Direct Service Costs;    Costs and Cost Analysis;    Cost Control;    Enfermagem;    Custos Diretos de Serviços;    Custos e Análise de Custo;    Controle de Custos;    Enfermería;    Costos Directos de Servicios;    Costos y Análisis de Costo;    Control de Costos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692012000500009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This quantitative study aimed to identify the costs of the most frequent nursing activities in highly dependent hospitalized patients at a medical clinic. The non-probabilistic convenience sample corresponded to 607 observations regarding oral feeding activities (OF), blood pressure verification (BP) / heart rate (HR), body temperature checking (BTC), performance of intimate hygiene and management of feeding probe. The costs identified corresponded to R$2.40 (SD±2.64) for OF feeding; R$1.26 (SD±0.48) to verify the BP/HR; R$1.17 (SD±0.46) for BTC; R$15.59 (SD±8.62) to perform intimate hygiene and R$5.95 (SD±2.13) for management of feeding probe. This study will facilitate cost management, with a view to avoiding waste related to unnecessary resource consumption and establish a correlation between costs and care delivery results.

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