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1: Am J Cardiol. 1998 Sep 1;82(5):686-8, A8.Click here to read Links

Impact of a nurse practitioner on the cost of managing inpatients with heart failure.

Dahle KL, Smith JS, Ingersoll GL, Wilson JR.

Division of Cardiology and the School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

We examined the impact on hospital costs of having a nurse practitioner manage uncomplicated patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. This strategy was associated with a significant decrease in total hospital costs ($6,659+/-5,843 vs $5,211+/-4,137 [p < 0.03]), a trend toward decreased length of stay (4.0+/-3.0 vs 3.4+/-2.4 days [p = 0.13]), and no significant change in the 30-day readmission rate (13% of patients vs 16% of patients [p = NS]).

PMID: 9732905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]