Evaluating the efficacy of the current diagnosis-related group reimbursement system for laparoscopic appendectomy at a single institute in Korea

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 148-155

  Yoo, Ri Na ^a   Chung, Chul Woon ^a   Kim, Jong Woo ^a  

^a International St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Diagnosis related groups; Laparoscopy; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986581729     PISSN: 22886575     EISSN: 22886796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/astr.2014.87.3.148     Document Type: Article

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