Erschienen in:
26.12.2017 | Letter
Are nurses ready to help to improve cost-effectiveness? A multicentric national survey on knowledge of costs among ICU paramedical staff
verfasst von:
Romain Hernu, Martin Cour, Laurent Argaud, on behalf of the “Costs in French ICU” Study Group
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2018
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Excerpt
The whole hospital workforce is nowadays compelled to accept greater responsibility for controlling healthcare expenses [
1]. Nurses are in the front line to ensure proper use of drugs and consumables, and could have an important role to face the challenge of cost-containment, including in intensive care units (ICUs). Being aware of costs is, however, the first step to incorporate cost-consciousness into daily practice [
2]. Owing to a lack of published data on cost-awareness among paramedical staff, we therefore aimed to assess the current knowledge of nurses regarding the costs of common medical prescriptions and devices in the ICU. …