Comparing methodologies for the allocation of overhead and capital costs to hospital services

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 530-535

  Tan, Siok Swan ^a   Van Ineveld, Bastianus Martinus ^a   Redekop, William Ken ^a   Roijen, Leona Hakkaart Van ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost comparison; Hospital service; Indirect cost allocation; Methodology; Overheads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CATARACT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOURLY RATE ALLOCATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STROKE; WEIGHTED SERVICE ALLOCATION;

APPENDECTOMY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COST ALLOCATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NETHERLANDS; STROKE;

EID: 66249085517     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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