Methods to estimate and analyze medical care resource use: An example from liver transplantation

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 366-379

  Katz, Patricia P ^a   Showstack, Jonathan A ^a   Lake, John R ^a   Brown Jr , Robert S ^b   Dudley, R Adams ^a   Colwell, M Esther ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^c   Zetterman, Rowen K ^c   Everhart, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Billing Data; Health Care Costs; Liver Transplantation; Methods; Resource Use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032778008     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0266462399015287     Document Type: Article

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