Estimates of patient costs related with population morbidity: Can indirect costs affect the results?

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Carreras, M ^a,b   Garcia Goni M ^c   Ibern, P ^d   Coderch, J ^a   Vall Llosera, L ^a,b   Inoriza, J M ^a  

^a Hospital 36   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical risk groups; Overhead allocation; Patient costs; Variation explained

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST ALLOCATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MORBIDITY; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052595464     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0227-5     Document Type: Article

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