Sources of variability in hospital costs of atrial septal defect repair

Sources of variability in hospital costs of atrial septal defect repair

Sources of variability in the cost of atrial septal defect repair were assessed. Variations in practice style, inflation, and errors in data entry were found to be the 3 primary sources of cost variability.

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 1998-07, Vol.82 (2), p.252-254
Hauptverfasser: Parrish, Mark D., Pollock, Marc, Gauthier, Naomi, Park, Jeanny, Hobde, Brett
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accounting
Biological and medical sciences
California
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular disease
Child
Child, Preschool
Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava
Cost Allocation
Cost control
Female
Heart
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - economics
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - surgery
Hospital Costs - classification
Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Hospitals, University - economics
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Sources of variability in the cost of atrial septal defect repair were assessed. Variations in practice style, inflation, and errors in data entry were found to be the 3 primary sources of cost variability.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00301-4