PATIENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND HOSPITAL COSTS OF CARE FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT IN 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Volume: 21, Pages: 116 - 128
Published: Jul 19, 2012
Abstract
Knee replacement is a common surgical procedure performed to relieve pain and disability from degenerative osteoarthritis. This study evaluates the ability of ten European diagnosis-related group (DRG) systems to explain variations in costs or in length of stay for knee replacements. We assessed three different models in predicting variation of cost and length of stay. The first model, MD, included only DRG groups as explanatory variables; the...
Paper Details
Title
PATIENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND HOSPITAL COSTS OF CARE FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT IN 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Published Date
Jul 19, 2012
Volume
21
Pages
116 - 128
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