Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to P A Witzel.
A nursing patient classification system can be used in ambulatory care to facilitate decision making relative to staffing assignments and to begin examining differences in patients' nursing care requirements according to medical diagnosis or other patient characteristics.
A cost estimation model was developed to monitor the effect of an enhanced professional practice model on cost to the institution. The model detected differences across units and changes in unit activities. One unit's cost savings were greater than the others and this difference was believed to be related to stable leadership over the course of the study.