Towards an improvement of hospital services and streamlining of health care costs: The DRG analysis in Italy

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Bellavia, M ^a   Tomasello, G ^a,b   Damiani, P ^a   Damiani, F ^b   Geraci, A ^b   Accardo, F M ^a   Gioviale, M C ^a   Lo Monte, AI ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case; Health; Hospital services; Indexes; Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863839678     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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