Examining cost variation across hospital departments-a two-stage multi-level approach using patient-level data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1872-1881

  Laudicella, Mauro ^a   Olsen, Kim Rose ^b   Street, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Hospital efficiency; Multi level modelling; Obstetrics; Prospective payment; UK

Indexed keywords

COST; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MODELING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS; PREGNANCY; STATE MEDICINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049295129     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.049     Document Type: Article

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