Hospital costs estimation and prediction as a function of patient and admission characteristics

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-355

  Ramiarina, Robert ^a   Almeida, Renan M V R ^a   Pereira, Wagner C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; Hospital costs; Hospital performance

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 58849165404     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.911     Document Type: Article

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