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Emergency Service, Hospital/ economics

Your search returns 1 documents

• 1.   Factors influencing the costs of emergency medical admissions to an Irish teaching hospital

  The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between coded diseases at the time of hospital discharge and costs of hospital re-admission.

  

  Abstract:

  This study examined whether there is a relationship between coded diseases at the time of hospital discharge and costs of hospital re-admission. We carried out a systematic review of data relating to emergency medical patients admitted to St. James' Hospital in Dublin between 1 January 2002 and 31 October 2004. Data on discharges from hospital were analyzed as recorded in the hospital more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  hospital discharge and costs

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Eur J Health Econ, Vol: 7 Page: 123-8 June 2006
  E. D. Moloney; K. Bennett; B. Silke

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