Estimating medical expenditures spent on rule-out diagnoses in Japan

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 426-432

  Tanihara, Shinichi ^a   Okamoto, Etsuji ^b   Une, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

health insurance claims; medical expenditure; rule out diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RULE OUT DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 84858136498     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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