Cost and quality: The challenge for physiotherapists in a casemix funded environment

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-228

  Brock, Kim ^a   Reid, Beth ^b   Goldie, Patricia ^c   Greenwood, Kenneth ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case management; Health care costs; Outcome assessment; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031672475     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60381-0     Document Type: Article

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