Retrospective analysis of Healthcare Resource Group coding allocation for local anaesthetic video-assisted 'medical' thoracoscopy in a UK tertiary respiratory centre

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-333

  Medford, Andrew R L ^a   Agrawal, S ^a   Free, C M ^a   Bennett, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACOSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449128552     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp016     Document Type: Article

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