Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive research was to study the unit costs and activity-based costing of nursing care for end-of-life cancer patients in the Palliative Care Unit, Nang Rong Hospital, Buriram Province. Nursing activities were categorized based on palliative care standards. The study was conducted by collecting retrospective data for the 2017 fiscal year (from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017) examine activity-based costing in end-of-life cancer patients in palliative care. Data on nursing activity-based cost analysis prospective study monitored the analysis of nursing activities; data were collected from 15 March 2018 to 2 June 2018.The sample was composed of 10 staff nurses and 10 patients. The following instrumentation was used in this study: 1) Record form on analysis of unit costs; 2) End-of-life for palliative care nursing activity dictionary and nursing activity practice record. For content validity, the CVI was 0.99. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. The research findings can be summarized as follows: 1. The unit cost of the Love and Care Center, Nang Rong Hospital, Buriram Province was 203,737.02 baht. The total direct cost was based on the number of patients admitted to the Love and Care Center at 124 patients. The total cost was 16,427.77 baht per unit, including labor costs as the highest at 13,163.73 baht, followed by material costs at 2,206.21 baht and capital costs at 1,057.79 baht. The ratio for labor cost : material cost : capital cost were 80.13 :13.43 : 6.44 respectively. 2. In terms of activity-based costs, the end-of-life palliative care nursing cost was 14,623.92 baht. The highest direct nursing activity cost was 9,285.20 baht, or 65.10 percent, while the indirect nursing activity-based cost was 2,491.50 baht, or 17.47 percent. The record of nursing activity-based cost was 1,409.88 baht, or 9.88 percent, and the lowest activity-based cost was activities related to the unit cost of labor at 1,077.34 baht, or 7.55 percent at a ratio of 65.10 : 17.47 : 9.88 : 7.55The purpose of this descriptive research was to study the unit costs and activity-based costing of nursing care for end-of-life cancer patients in the Palliative Care Unit, Nang Rong Hospital, Buriram Province. Nursing activities were categorized based on palliative care standards. The study was conducted by collecting retrospective data for the 2017 fiscal year (from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017) examine activity-based costing in end-of-life cancer patients in palliative care. Data on nursing activity-based cost analysis prospective study monitored the analysis of nursing activities; data were collected from 15 March 2018 to 2 June 2018.The sample was composed of 10 staff nurses and 10 patients. The following instrumentation was used in this study: 1) Record form on analysis of unit costs; 2) End-of-life for palliative care nursing activity dictionary and nursing activity practice record. For content validity, the CVI was 0.99. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis.