Research Without Billing Data: Econometric Estimation of Patient-Specific Costs

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 553-563

  Barnett, Paul G ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care cost; Hospital cost; Long term care cost; Psychiatric care cost; US Department of Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; COST; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST ALLOCATION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031154648     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199706000-00002     Document Type: Article

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