Cost-effectiveness of referrals to high-volume hospitals: An analysis based on a probabilistic Markov model for hip fracture surgeries

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-369

  Gandjour, Afschin ^a   Weyler, Eva Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Hip fractures; Markov model; Monte Carlo simulation; Patient referrals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBABILITY;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33750948382     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-006-0000-6     Document Type: Article

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