Establishment nursing | Cost of full-time nursing staff employed directly by the facility |
Bank nursing | Cost of nurses brought in at discretion of charge nurse to fill near-term staffing needs; employed by board |
Drug costs | Cost of all drugs used on the ward, minus drugs used in respiratory outpatient clinic |
Direct clinical care supply costs | Cost of items such as drains, intravenous tubes |
Other pay costs | Cost of non-nursing ancillary staff such as housekeeper |
Other non-pay costs | Cost of other items not related to direct patient care, such as training courses |
Income | Revenue received by the unit by providing out-of-area service (eg, patients from other boards) |
Cost per patient seen (referred to in text as cost per patient admitted to the ward) | For a given week of data, the sum of the other cost line items divided by the total number of patients admitted to the ward |