What can we learn from international comparisons of costs by DRG?

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Pirson, M ^a   Schenker, L ^b   Martins, D ^a   Dung, Duong ^b   Chale J J ^b   Leclercq, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost; Cost weights; DRG

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; BRONCHITIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SPINE FUSION; STANDARDIZATION; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BELGIUM; BENCHMARKING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; INTERNATIONALITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84872335302     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-011-0373-4     Document Type: Article

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