Swiss diagnosis related groups: A prospective study in rehabilitation comparing outcome before and after its introduction into acute health care

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Stauber, Argentina I ^a   Angst, Felix ^b   Meier, Judith ^b   Lehmann, Susanne ^b   Aeschlimann, André G ^b   Michel, Beat A ^c  

^a Reha Clinic   (Switzerland)

^b RehaClinic Group   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease management; Fixed price; Rehabilitation; SwissDRG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINE DISEASE; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84929051798     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14004     Document Type: Article

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