Cutting costs: The impact of price lists on the cost development at the emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-339

  Schilling, Ulf Martin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

budget; cost awareness; cost cutting; emergency department; price lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COMMERCE; COST SAVINGS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; ORTHOPEDICS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 77956015315     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833651f0     Document Type: Article

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