The impact of therapeutic procedure innovation on hospital patient longevity: Evidence from Western Australia, 2000-2007

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-59

  Lichtenberg, Frank R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Hospital; Innovation; Longevity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INNOVATION; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871619638     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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