Control Costs, Enhance Quality, and Increase Revenue in Three Top General Public Hospitals in Beijing, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Lue Ping ^a,b   Yu, Guo Pei ^a,c   Liu, Hui ^a   Ma, Xie Min ^d   Wang, Jing ^a   Kong, Gui Lan ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Ma, Wen ^d   Cui, Yong ^a   Xu, Beibei ^a   Yu, Na ^a   Bao, Xiao Yuan ^a   Guo, Yu ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Zhang, Jun ^d   Li, Yan ^d   Xie, Xue Qin ^e   Jiang, Bao Guo ^d   Ke, Yang ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e Beijing Public Health Information Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84881572614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072166     Document Type: Article

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