Factors affecting the profitability of surgical procedures under 'Payment by Results'

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-292

  Abbott, T ^a   White, S M ^d   Pandit, Jaideep J ^a,b,c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; CATARACT; CIRCUMCISION; COST; CYSTOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPERATING ROOM; PAYMENT BY RESULTS; PROFIT; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VARICOSIS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OPERATING ROOMS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79952726977     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06656.x     Document Type: Article

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