Cost savings and health losses from reducing inappropriate admissions to a department of internal medicine

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1147-1157

  Eriksen, Bjørn O ^a   Førde, Olav H ^b   Kristiansen, Ivar S ^b   Nord, Erik ^c   Pape, Jan F ^a   Almdahl, Sven M ^a   Hensrud, Anne ^d   Jaeger, Steinar ^e   Mürer, Fred A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c National Institute of Public Health   (Algeria)

^d Kommunelegekontoret i Bardu   (Norway)

^e NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Rana Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Health benefit; Hospital; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERNAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0033636524     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300103186     Document Type: Article

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