The development of funding policies for hospices: Is casemix-based funding an option?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1090, 1999, Pages 236-239

  Carter, Helen ^a   MacLeod, Rod ^a   Hicks, Elizabeth ^a   Carter, John ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPICE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0033603162     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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