Reviewing nursing diagnoses
Dickon Weir-Hughes Executive director of nursing, Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust, Romford, South Bank University, London, National Patient Safety Agency, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
Using the results of a case study, Dickon Weir-Hughes describes how nursing diagnoses can influence lengths of inpatient stay and cost efficiency at a London hospital
The NHS financial modelling system, Payment by Results (PbR) (Department of Health 2007), encourages UK healthcare providers to review their levels of efficiency critically, particularly in relation to length of inpatient hospital stay.
Nursing Management.
14, 5, 32-35.
doi: 10.7748/nm2007.09.14.5.32.c4354
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