Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6239414 | Health Policy | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In a context of Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) based hospital payment, it is important that costs information systems are able to precisely calculate costs per case. Our results show that the correlation between surgical time and costs of disposable materials is not good. Therefore, empirical data or itemized lists should be used instead of surgical time as a cost driver for the allocation of costs of disposable materials to patients.
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Authors
Caroline Delo, Pol Leclercq, Dimitri Martins, Magali Pirson,