The relationship between effectiveness and costs measured by a risk-adjusted case-mix system: Multicentre study of Catalonian population data bases

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sicras Mainar, Antoni ^a   Navarro Artieda, Ruth ^b   Blanca Tamayo, Milagrosa ^a   Velasco Velasco, Soledad ^a   Escribano Herranz, Esperanza ^a   Llopart Lpez, Josep Ramon ^a   Violan Fors, Concepcin ^c   Vilaseca Llobet, Josep Maria ^d   Sánchez Fontcuberta, Encarna ^d   Benavent Areu, Jaume ^d   Flor Serra, Ferran ^e   Aguado Jodar, Alba ^e   Rodríguez Lpez, Daniel ^e   Prados Torres, Alejandra ^f   Estelrich Bennasar, Jose ^g  

^a Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c IDIAP   (Spain)

^d GESCLINIC Corporaci Sanitria Clínic   (Spain)

^e Primary Care   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^g Primary Health Care Mallorca District   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 68349116174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-202     Document Type: Article

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