Patient classification and hospital costs of care for stroke in 10 European countries

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 129-140

  Peltola, Mikko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

cost analyses; diagnosis related groups; length of stay; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CODING; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SPAIN; STROKE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864124200     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2841     Document Type: Article

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