Costing out nursing services relies on nursing interventions that are initiated by ____
a. Medical and nursing diagnoses
b. Physician contacts
c. Primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of care
d. Treatment needs
A
According to McCloskey (1989), two models for costing out nursing services have been identi-fied. One model is based on total nursing cost per diagnosis-related group, and one model is based on the initiation of nursing services by medical and nursing diagnoses.
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