A Hospital Admission System Based on Nursing Work Load

Fred L. Offensend
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Fred L. Offensend: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Management Science, 1972, vol. 19, issue 2, 132-138

Abstract: A model is presented to compare hospital admission systems based on (i) patient census and (ii) nursing work load. It is shown that nursing costs are lower under the work load-based system than under the patient-based one. Sensitivity studies show that the difference between the two systems is due to the fact that the work load-based policy takes into account patient differences.

Date: 1972
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