A pilot study on patient-related costs and factors associated with the cost of specialist palliative care in the hospital: first steps towards a patient classification system in Germany

BACKGROUND: Specialist palliative care in the hospital addresses a heterogeneous patient population with complex care needs. In Germany, palliative care patients are classified based on their primary diagnosis to determine reimbursement despite findings that other factors describe patient needs bett...

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Published in:Cost Eff Resour Alloc
Main Authors: Becker, Christian, Leidl, Reiner, Schildmann, Eva, Hodiamont, Farina, Bausewein, Claudia
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192371/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30349423
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12962-018-0154-3
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