Financial implications of hospital response to bioterrorism based on diagnosis-related group analysis

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-148

  Suyama, Joe ^a   Savitz, Lucy ^b   Chang, Helen ^c   Allswede, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; financial impact; infectious disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547850760     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004532     Document Type: Article

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