Predicting the cost of hospital stay for stroke patients: The use of diagnosis related groups

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-42

  Evers, Silvia ^a,b   Voss, Gemma ^b   Nieman, Fred ^b   Ament, André ^a   Groot, Tom ^c   Lodder, Jan ^b   Boreas, Anita ^b   Blaauw, Gerhard ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036634539     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00219-6     Document Type: Article

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