Immunonutrition and postoperative complications under G-DRG's: A comparison of complication costs with their actual G-DRG-based reimbursement rates of patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery with and without the perioperative use of immunonutrition;Immunonutrition und postoperative komplikationen unter G-DRGs: Ein vergleich von komplikationskosten und deren DRG-basierte rückerstattung bei patienten nach gastrointestinalen eingriffen mit und ohne immunonutrition

Aktuelle Ernahrungsmedizin

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 247-254

  Diederich, Klaus Christian ^a,c   Schmid, A ^b   Schneider, H ^b   Kemen, Matthias ^a,c  

^a Evangelisches Krankenhaus Herne   (Germany)

^b HealthEcon Ltd   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication costs in major gastrointestinal surgery; Economic impact; G DRG; Immunonutrition; Reimbursement rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 27544500895     PISSN: 03410501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-867013     Document Type: Article

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