Cost distribution of orthotopic liver transplantation: Single-center analysis under DRG-based reimbursement

Transplantation

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Kraus, Thomas W ^a,b   Mieth, Markus ^a   Schneider, Tobias ^a   Farrenkopf, Ingrid ^a   Mehrabi, Arianeb ^a   Schemmer, Peter ^a   Encke, Jens ^a   Sauer, Peter ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of General Visceral and Transplantation Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost distribution; DRG; Liver transplantation; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 27644527763     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000186939.35230.fe     Document Type: Conference Paper

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