The cost of in-patient care in Western Australia in the last years of life: A population-based data linkage study

Health Policy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-390

  Moorin, Rachael Elizabeth ^a   Holman, Cashel D'Arcy James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Record linkage; Time to death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; TIME OF DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38749108809     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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