Do diagnosis-related groups appropriately explain variations in costs and length of stay of hip replacement? A comparative assessment of DRG systems across 10 European countries

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 103-115

  Geissler, Alexander ^a   Scheller Kreinsen, David ^a   Quentin, Wilm ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; artificial joint implants; cost analyses; diagnosis related groups; DRG; hip replacement; length of stay

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SWEDEN; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84864124661     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2848     Document Type: Article

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