Development and analysis of a nationwide cost database of acute-care hospitals in Japan

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 626-633

  Hayashida, Kenshi ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Otsubo, Tetsuya ^a   Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^b   Ishikawa, Kohicih B ^c   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Hashimoto, Hideki ^e   Yasunaga, Hideo ^f   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^f   Anan, Makoto ^g   Fujimori, Kenji ^h   Ikeda, Shunya ⁱ   Matsuda, Shinya ^j  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cost database; Health care costs; Health policy; Hospital management; Payment system; Pricing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARGE NURSE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 68349123701     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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