Suitability of casemix classification for output funding of blood services in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 415-418

  Whyte, Gordon S ^a,c   Brook, Chris W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^c Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE MIX; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032547747     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb126831.x     Document Type: Article

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