Patient classification systems and hospital costs of care for knee replacement in 10 European countries

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 116-128

  Cots, Francesc ^a,c   Chiarello, Pietro ^a   Salvador, Xavier ^b   Castells, Xavier ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cost analysis; diagnosis related groups; hospital cost; knee arthroplasty; knee replacement; length of stay; revision knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IRELAND; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVISION KNEE REPLACEMENT; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

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

EID: 84864131138     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2838     Document Type: Article

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