Early outcome of the Korean Diagnosis-Related Groups payment system for appendectomy

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 126-132

  Kim, Hyeyoung ^a   Jung, In Mok ^a   Yun, Keong Won ^a   Heo, Seung Chul ^a   Ahn, Young Joon ^a   Hwang, Ki Tae ^a   Lee, Hae Won ^a   Koo, Do Hoon ^a   Ko, Eunyoung ^a   Ahn, Hye Seong ^a   Shin, Rumi ^a   Chung, Jung Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis related groups; Health care costs; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981717899     PISSN: 22886575     EISSN: 22886796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/astr.2015.88.3.126     Document Type: Article

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