Variations and determinants of hospital costs for acute stroke in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wei, Jade W ^a   Heeley, Emma L ^a   Jan, Stephen ^a   Huang, Yining ^b   Huang, Qifang ^c   Wang, Ji Guang ^c   Cheng, Yan ^d   Xu, En ^e   Yang, Qidong ^f   Anderson, Craig S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BATROXOBIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATTLE ENCEPHALON GLYCOSIDE; CINEPAZIDE; CITICOLINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IGNOTIN; MANNITOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; NORPHENAZONE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CHINA; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 77958566192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013041     Document Type: Article

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