Diagnosis related groups and variations in resource use for child delivery across 10 European countries

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 55-65

  Or, Zeynep ^a   Renaud, Thomas ^a,b   Thuilliez, Josselin ^b,c   Lebreton, Cora ^b  

^a Institute de Recherche et Documentation en Économie de la Santé   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

child delivery; childbirth; cost; diagnosis related groups; length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ESTONIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; POLAND; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864150786     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2835     Document Type: Article

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