Cancelled surgeries and payment by results in the English National Health Service

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-86

  McIntosh, Bryan ^a   Cookson, Graham ^b   Jones, Simon ^b  

^a Richmond American International University   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGERY CANCELLATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858655360     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2011.011053     Document Type: Article

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