Clinical process analysis and activity-based costing at a Heart Center

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-322

  Ridderstolpe, Lisa ^a   Johansson, Andreas ^b   Skau, Tommy ^a   Rutberg, Hans ^a   Åhlfeldt, Hans ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Ensolution AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Clinical improvement; Cost control; Health care costs; Process analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY BASED COSTING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROCESS ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST ALLOCATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036676764     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015816703951     Document Type: Article

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