Congenital heart disease: interrelation between German diagnosis-related groups system and Aristotle complexity score

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1271-1276

  Sinzobahamvya, Nicodème ^a   Photiadis, Joachim ^a   Arenz, Claudia ^a   Kopp, Thorsten ^b   Hraska, Viktor ^a   Asfour, Boulos ^a  

^a Pediatric Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aristotle complexity score; Congenital heart disease; Cost analysis; Health economics; Health provider payments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERMANY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 77952585946     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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