Diagnosis-related groups for stroke in europe: Patient classification and hospital reimbursement in 11 countries

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-123

  Peltola, Mikko ^a   Quentin, Wilm ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Cerebral infarct; Diagnosis related groups; Europe; Hospital financing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIGNETTE;

EID: 84873583451     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346092     Document Type: Article

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