Variability in prescription drug expenditures explained by adjusted clinical groups (ACG) case-mix: A cross-sectional study of patient electronic records in primary care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Aguado, Alba ^a,b   Guinó, Elisabet ^c   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^d   Sicras, Antoni ^e   Serrat, Josep ^f   Acedo, Mateo ^a   Ferro, Juan Jose ^a   Moreno, Victor ^c,g  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b Sant Joan Despí   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Badalona Serveis Assistencials   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 41949104678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-53     Document Type: Article

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