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A K Levenstam

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PubMed1997

How to translate nursing care into costs and staffing requirements: part two in the Zebra system.

The purpose of this paper is to describe part two of the Zebra system-the activity study: how such a study can be conducted, which requirements must be met and how the data are processed and can be used. The activity studies described were conducted in two of the wards of the oncology department in the University Hospital of Lund, Sweden. The results of the studies make it possible to calculate the distribution of different activities for nurses and practical nurses during 24 hours and the total nursing care minutes per patient and category of care. Together with the patient classification, part one in the Zebra system, it is possible to calculate nursing costs per patient stay and the patients'staffing requirements. It will be possible to relate nursing costs and staffing requirements to actual nursing care given instead of fixed standard costs and staffing figures.

Data Interpretation, Statistical↗
PubMed1993

The Zebra system--a new patient classification system.

When the economical systems in the health care field are becoming more like those in 'the market for goods and services' it is important that the patients' need of nursing care as well as the costs for the nursing care can be documented in a systematic and reliable way. One way of doing that is to use a patient classification system. In this article the most used patient classification system in Sweden--the Zebra system--will be presented. The Zebra system makes it possible both to describe the individual patients' dependency level and to calculate the patients' requirements of nursing care both in staffing terms and costs, per month, per year, per patient stay, per diagnosis or DRG. It gives possibilities for managers to analyze the patient distribution in different categories of care during different periods of time, or if the patients' need of nursing care can explain the staffing requirements during a certain period, or if the distribution of days in different categories of care are related to age groups or diagnosis or DRG.

Activities of Daily Living↗