Time-driven activity-based costing in health care: A systematic review of the literature

Health Policy

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 755-763

  Keel, George ^a   Savage, Carl ^a   Rafiq, Muhammad ^a   Mazzocato, Pamela ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Hospital costs; TDABC; Time driven activity based costing; Value based health care

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACCOUNTING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

ACCOUNTING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85019878915     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.04.013     Document Type: Review

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