Exploring the relationship between costs and quality: Does the joint evaluation of costs and quality alter the ranking of Danish hospital departments?

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 541-551

  Hvenegaard, Anne ^a,b   Arendt, Jacob Nielsen ^b   Street, Andrew ^c   Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^a,b  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Efficiency; Hospital costs; Quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND COMPLICATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 80455127228     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0268-9     Document Type: Article

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