Effect of patient’s age on the profitability of inpatient cardiac catheterization: a contribution margin analysis of frequently performed procedures over a 5-year period

BACKGROUND: Due to a continuing age shift in the German society hospital providers are concerned about the additional costs associated with the treatment of elderly patients. It is not clear if cardiac catheterization in aged patients leads to higher resource utilization and if DRG-revenues do compe...

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Autores principales: Plehn, Gunnar, Butz, Thomas, Maagh, Petra, Meissner, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28100220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-1999-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28100220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-1999-4

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