Activity-based funding of hospitals and its impact on mortality, readmission, discharge destination, severity of illness, and volume of care: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Palmer, Karen S ^a   Agoritsas, Thomas ^b,c   Martin, Danielle ^d   Scott, Taryn ^b   Mulla, Sohail M ^b   Miller, Ashley P ^e   Agarwal, Arnav ^b   Bresnahan, Andrew ^f   Hazzan, Afeez Abiola ^b   Jeffery, Rebecca A ^g   Merglen, Arnaud ^c,h   Negm, Ahmed ^b   Siemieniuk, Reed A ⁱ   Bhatnagar, Neera ^b   Dhalla, Irfan A ^j   Lavis, John N ^b,k,l   You, John J ^b   Duckett, Stephen J ^m   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m Grattan Institute   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY BASED FUNDING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; ITALY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84908607227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109975     Document Type: Article

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