1. Cost containment and infusion services.
- Author
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Kokotis K
- Subjects
- Benchmarking organization & administration, Clinical Competence economics, Clinical Competence standards, Cost Control, Cost of Illness, Cross Infection etiology, Cross Infection prevention & control, Diagnosis-Related Groups economics, Equipment Failure economics, Humans, Infection Control economics, Infection Control standards, Infusions, Intravenous adverse effects, Infusions, Intravenous nursing, Length of Stay economics, Nurse's Role, Patient Care Planning organization & administration, Phlebotomy economics, Phlebotomy nursing, Phlebotomy standards, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Total Quality Management organization & administration, United States, Infusions, Intravenous economics, Medicare economics, Prospective Payment System economics
- Abstract
The implementation of the Medicare Prospective Payment System (MPPS) has placed pressure on healthcare organizations to decrease patient length of stay without adversely affecting outcomes. This article discusses the impact of the MPPS on clinicians who provide infusion therapy, and examines methods for containing costs related to infusion care such as advanced planning and accurate vascular access device selection.
- Published
- 2005
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