Impact of a nurse practitioner on the cost of managing inpatients with heart failure

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作者：

Dahle, KL

Smith, JS

Ingersoll, GL

Wilson, JR

机构：

[1] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Div Cardiol, Nashville, TN 37240 USA

[2] Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Nursing, Med Ctr, Nashville, TN 37240 USA

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 1998年 / 82卷 / 05期

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10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00389-0

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R5 [内科学];

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1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

We examined the impact on hospital costs of having a nurse practitioner manage uncomplicated patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. This strategy was associated with a significant decrease in total hospital costs ($6,659 +/- 5,843 vs $5,211 +/- 4,137 [p < 0.03]), a trend toward decreased length of stay (4.0 +/- 3.0 vs 3.4 +/- 2.4 days [p = 0.13]), and no significant change in the 30-day readmission rate (13% of patients vs 16% of patients [p = NS]).

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