A Cost Analysis of a Nurse-Managed, Voluntary Community Health Clinic

Nurse-managed, voluntary community health centers are thought to represent cost-effective means of providing healthcare to the medically indigent. A cost analysis of a community healthcare clinic indicates that the cost of a clinic visit may be more expensive than the cost of a community physician v...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing administration 1995-10, Vol.25 (10), p.17-27
Main Authors: Saywell, Robert M., Lassiter, Wright L., Flynn, Beverly C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Community Health Centers - organization & administration
Community Health Centers - statistics & numerical data
Community Health Nursing - economics
Community Health Nursing - organization & administration
Costs and Cost Analysis
Fees, Medical
Female
Humans
Indiana
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical Indigency
Middle Aged
Nurse Administrators
Nursing
Office Visits - economics
Primary Health Care - economics
Volunteers - organization & administration
Workforce
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Summary:Nurse-managed, voluntary community health centers are thought to represent cost-effective means of providing healthcare to the medically indigent. A cost analysis of a community healthcare clinic indicates that the cost of a clinic visit may be more expensive than the cost of a community physician visit when all costs (real and donated) are included. Increasing the number of patients seen per hour may be necessary to achieve more cost-effective delivery.
ISSN:0002-0443
1539-0721
DOI:10.1097/00005110-199510000-00005