Risk adjusted resource utilization for AMI patients treated in Japanese hospitals

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-359

  Evans, Edwards ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Sekimoto, Miho ^a   Ishizaki, Tatsuro ^a   Hayashida, Kenshi ^a   Fukuda, Haruhisa ^a   Oh, Eun Hwan ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Administrative data; Inter institutional comparison; Resource utilization; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34147156767     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1177     Document Type: Article

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