Administrative databases as a tool for identifying healthcare demand and costs in an over-one million population

Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Madotto, Fabiana ^a   Riva, Michele A ^a   Fornari, Carla ^a   Scalone, Luciana ^a   Ciampichini, Roberta ^b   Bonazzi, Chiara ^a   Mantovani, Lorenzo G ^a,b,c   Cesana, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Center for Health Associated Research and Technology Assessment Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Healthcare costs; Healthcare demand; Segmentation of population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880503180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22820930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2427/8840     Document Type: Article

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