Comparing hospital costs: What is gained by accounting for more than a case-mix index?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 640-647

  Hvenegaard, Anne ^a,b   Street, Andrew ^c   Sørensen, Torben Højmark ^a   Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^a,b  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case mix index; Denmark; Hospital costs; Productivity; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDEX METHOD; MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ACCOUNTING; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67849121835     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.047     Document Type: Article

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