What does PPD stand for?

Results of a study on the project have shown a significant decrease in nurses' overtime hours, significantly higher nurse satisfaction scores, no staff turnover, significantly higher education hours, significantly higher workload hours per patient day [indicating that the nurses spent more focused time with patients], and no significant increase in variable direct labour costs.

For every 1,000 hospitalized patients, the reviewers estimated that an increase by one full-time RN per patient day could save five patient lives in intensive care units, five lives on medical floors and six surgical patient lives.

For every 1,000 hospitalized patients, the reviewers estimated that an increase by one full-time RN per patient day could save five patient lives in intensive care units, five lives on medical floors and six surgical patient lives.

The federal government's recently concluded Data Assessment and Verification (DAVE) project, which focused on this question, found areas (specifically ADLs) that are typically undercoded, with a potential loss of reimbursement of up to $30 per patient day for Medicare and $1 per patient day for Medicaid.

2) Another study showed a relationship between full-time-equivalent (FTE) RNs per patient day and urinary tract infections, pneumonia, thrombosis and pulmonary compromise after major surgery.

The Camden report compared Blue Cross, High Desert Medical Group and Kaiser in terms of average net revenue per patient day over the past five years and found that Blue Cross has increased while the other two are lagging.

9 minutes per patient day, relative to their average in 2000 of about 3 and one-half hours of nursing time per patient day.

87 for a semiprivate room, and the mean revenue per patient day from Medicare-funded residents was $371.