A micro-costing approach to estimating hospital costs for appendectomy in a Cross-European context

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Schreyögg, Jonas ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Diagnosis related groups; European Union; Hospital costs; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38949207483     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1323     Document Type: Article

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