Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive research was to analyze the nursing unit cost and psychiatric nursing activities cost on psychiatric ward, Ramathibodi hospital. A retrospective study looks backwards and examines on Psychiatric nursing activities, data were collected since October 1, 2013 until September 30, 2014. A prospective study watched for analysis of nursing activities, data were collected since December 1, 2014 until March 31, 2015. The sample comprised of 34 nursing staffs and 64 psychiatric patients. Instrumentations were used in this study: 1) Record form relating to the analysis the nursing unit cost 2) Psychiatric nursing activities dictionary and nursing activities practice record. Descriptive statistics were utilized for data analysis. The findings indicated that: 1. The nursing unit cost of Psychiatric ward, Ramathibodi Hospital was 68,796.26 baht. The total direct cost, the labor cost was highest (49,127.63 baht), material cost of 5,489.16 baht and capital cost of 14,179.46 baht. The ratio of labor cost : material cost : capital cost was 71.41 : 7.98 : 20.61 2. The Psychiatric nursing activity cost of Psychiatric ward, Ramathibodi Hospital was 1,132,944.85 baht. The highest nursing activities cost of was documentation. The documentation cost was 523,240.11 baht, the indirect nursing activity cost was 377,131.05 baht, the direct nursing activity cost was 212,835.81 and nursing activity cost of unit related was 19,737.88 baht.