Nurse Staff Allocation by Nurse Patient Ratio vs. a Computerized Nurse Dependency Management System: A Comparative Cost Analysis Of Australian and New Zealand Hospitals.

The article discusses a study assessing different methods of allocating nurses to staff hospital wards to minimize the hospital costs. The methods illustrated using statistical analysis are nurse patient ratios (NPR) and Computer Nursing Dependency Management System (CNDMS). The analysis showed that NPR allocation required higher costs than CNDMS.