Effect of casemix funding on outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with suspected unstable angina

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-60

  Kerr, Geoffrey D ^a,d   Dunt, David ^b   Gordon, Ian R ^c  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Box Hill Gardens Medical Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERDISCHARGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032545798     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb126711.x     Document Type: Article

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