Financial impact of introducing the Swiss-DRG reimbursement system on potentially avoidable readmissions at a university hospital

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^a,b   Zufferey, Jade ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DRG; Financial impact; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928969117     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14097     Document Type: Article

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