Validation of ACG Case-mix for equitable resource allocation in Swedish primary health care

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zielinski, Andrzej ^a,b   Kronogård, Maria ^a   Lenhoff, Håkan ^a   Halling, Anders ^a,b  

^a Blekinge Centre of Competence   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 70350365824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-347     Document Type: Article

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