The impact of a new payment system with case-mix measurement on hospital practices for breast cancer patients in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Kuwabara, Hiroyo ^a   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case mix measurement; DPC; DRG; Prospective payment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 67651064999     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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