Where does all the money go? An audit of cost and waste distribution in a second-tier peri-urban hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1365-1371

  Parrish, A G ^a  

^a Cecilia Makiwane Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG THERAPY; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031434370     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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