Are English treatment centres treating less complex patients?

Health Policy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-157

  Street, Andrew ^a   Sivey, Peter ^b   Mason, Anne ^a   Miraldo, Marisa ^c   Siciliani, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Related Groups; Hospitals; Prospective payment system; Reimbursement mechanisms; Special

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 73949142233     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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