Comparing the financial risk of bed-day and DRG based pricing types using parametric and simulation methods

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Mikkola, Hennamari ^a   Sund, Reijo ^a   Linna, Miika ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PROTECTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BENCHMARKING; COST ALLOCATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL;

EID: 0038284082     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023341000858     Document Type: Article

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