Clinical decision rules for the use of liquor diagnostics in hospitalized neurology patients reduced costs without affecting clinical outcomes

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Haschke Becher, Elisabeth ^a   Totzke, Uwe ^b   Afazel, Shahrzad ^c   Johansson, Tim ^d   Schwarz, Markus ^d   Ladurner, Gunther ^a   Wild, Claudia ^e  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Medical Affairs and Communication ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Central Laboratory

^d National Institute of Public

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cost saving; Diagnostics; Liquor; Observational study

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COST; AUSTRIA; AVERAGE NUMBERS; CLINICAL DECISION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COST CONTAINMENT; COST-SAVING; DECISION RULES; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTICS; DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS; LIQUOR; MEDICAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REDUCED COST; STANDARD TESTS;

HOSPITALS; NEUROLOGY;

COSTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; AUSTRIA; COST CONTROL; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUSTRIA; COST SAVINGS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67549111066     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462309090266     Document Type: Article

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