intensity of care

intensity of care

Medical practice A measure of the number, technical complexity, or attendant risk of services provided. See Overtreatment, Undertreatment.
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Between June and October 2012 the patients moved into the ten residential units, always in sets of two of equal intensity of care.
Deinstitutionalization of long stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro
Growth in volume of care and intensity of care (4%).
CBO: demand for primary care services continues to grow
What's more, patients are being discharged from hospitals at a faster pace than ever, which increases the intensity of care each patient requires.
Excerpted from practical steps for applying acuity-based staffing
Evidence from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care researchers and others demonstrates substantial area-level variation in intensity of care and health care spending at the end of life across the United States for patients with chronic illnesses (Wennberg and Cooper 1999; Fisher et al.
Dartmouth Atlas area-level estimates of end-of-life expenditures: how well do they reflect expenditures for prospectively identified advanced lung cancer patients?
The intensity of care should always match the severity of symptoms.
Where's the chronic-care approach? Adopting a true chronic-care model requires major changes in words and deeds
What's more, it's one of those cars that grows on you with familiarity, the sheer intensity of care that's gone into making it liveable proving hugely impressive.
Six is a special number
Recommendations for preventing and treating pediatric obesity suggest a staged approach with escalating intensity of care.
Findings raise questions, point to integrated approach
Acuity, complexity Aggregate acuity and Nursing of care intensity of care, costs/intensity vs.
Nursing care value-based financial models
Contract notice: Home-care service medium and high complexity / intensity of care for the Provincial ASL Bari
Home-care service medium and high complexity / intensity of care
Be based upon patient numbers and the variable intensity of care needed.
2013 Lobby Day: When Nurses Talk, Washington Listens
They conclude that a larger Medicare Advantage market share does lower costs by reducing the intensity of care received by traditional Medicare patients, as well as younger patients, during an inpatient stay.
The spillover effects of Medicare managed care
The results suggest that increasing Medicare Advantage penetration reduces the intensity of care delivered during an inpatient stay, without doing much to decrease the number of hospitalizations, the researchers said.
Researchers: Medicare Advantage cuts all hospital bills

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