Comparative Cost Analysis of Increasing Registered Nursing Staff on the Labor and Delivery Unit at the National Naval Medical Center.

Abstract

This paper examines the comparative costs of increasing the number of Labor and Delivery registered nurses at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) with staff from one of three potential sources: contract personnel, federal civilians, and military nurses. Labor and delivery services are highly dependent upon the availability of professional registered nursing staff. Recently, NNMC has been augmenting baseline nursing staff with contract personnel to maintain desired levels of obstetrical services. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses are reviewed, and the cost-effectiveness methodology was used to compare costs among the three alternatives. Results of the analysis using fiscal year 1991 salary and contract data suggest that federal civil service employees are the least costly source of augmenting the existing staff infrastructure to support direct patient care.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA261878

Entities

People

  • Rodney L. Fierek

Organizations

  • Academy of Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Combat Injuries
  • Cost Analysis
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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  • Medical or Health Care Field.