Analysis of the expenses linked to hospital stays: How to detect outliers

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Beguin, C ^a   Simar, L ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deterministic nonparametric frontier models; Free disposal hull; Outliers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL FEE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

BELGIUM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTLIERS, DRG;

EID: 2642526244     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HCMS.0000020648.12250.85     Document Type: Article

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