A model to compute the medical cost of patients in intensive care

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 573-582

  Chaix, Carine ^a   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^a   Alberti, Corinne ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL FEE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033033399     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199915060-00005     Document Type: Article

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