Marginal costs of hospital-acquired conditions: Information for priority-setting for patient safety programmes and research

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-146

  Jackson, Terri ^a   Nghiem, Hong Son ^b   Rowell, David ^c   Jorm, Christine ^d   Wakefield, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENTEROCOLITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IMPLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEPTICEMIA;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959963989     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2010.010050     Document Type: Article

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