DRGs in Europe: A cross country analysis for cholecystectomy

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 66-76

  Paat Ahi, Gerli ^a,c   Świderek, Maria ^b,d   Sakowski, Paweł ^b,c   Saluse, Janek ^a,e   Aaviksoo, Ain ^a  

^a PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies   (Estonia)

^b National Health Fund   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; ESTONIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84864132884     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2833     Document Type: Article

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