Equivalence of two healthcare costing methods: Bottom-up and top-down

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1188-1201

  Chapko, Michael K ^a,b   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a,b   Perkins, Mark ^a   Li, Yu Fang ^a,b   Fortney, John C ^c,d   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^e,f  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Cost; Economics; Measurement; Relative value units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350778530     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1422     Document Type: Article

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