Resources allocation and health care needs in diabetes care in Danish GP clinics

Health Policy

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 206-215

  Kristensen, Troels ^a   Rose Olsen, Kim ^a   Sortsø, Camilla ^b   Ejersted, Charlotte ^c   Thomsen, Janus Laust ^a,d   Halling, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Danish Quality Unit of General Practice   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Expenditure variation; Fee for service; General practice; Resource utilisation band; The Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) System

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EXPENDITURE VARIATION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; RESOURCE UTILISATION BAND; THE JOHNS HOPKINS ADJUSTED CLINICAL GROUPS (ACG) SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887617362     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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