The Economic Value of Nursing Research

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1982Publisher:JSTORJournal:The American Journal of Nursing, volume 82, page 1,844 (issn: 0002-936X,

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Authors: C M, Fagin;

doi: 10.2307/3470362 , 10.1097/00000446-198282120-00009

pmid: 6422116 , 6924543

The Economic Value of Nursing Research

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Abstract

Despite minimal public and private financial support, nursing research is making significant contributions to the health care of our society.. From studies of infant feeding practices to the investigation of alternatives for care of the elderly, nursing research is playing an important role in improving the cost-effectiveness of patient care. This article will summarize only a few of the many studies done in the past ten years that are obviously related to costeffectiveness.

Keywords

Patient Education as Topic, Research Support as Topic, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Research, Economics, Nursing, Nursing Service, Hospital, Nursing Care, Home Care Services, United States

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