An assessment of the effects of casemix funding on hospital utilisation: A Northern Territory perspective
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Bed Days
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This article is concerned with the methodological issues of assessing the effects of casemixfunding on hospital utilisation. Time-series analysis and intervention analysis are proposedto ascertain the effects. It was found there had been a decline in average length of stay andnumber of bed-days, an increase in weighted separations for teaching and non-teachinghospitals, and no apparent increase of costliness in terms of a comprehensive casemix index.No evidence of decline in quality of care can be established in terms of readmission rates.The long-term effects of casemix funding, and specific issues in terms of the funding modelused, patients and cost shifting between hospital services and community health services,remain to be studied.
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2013 ◽
Vol 190
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pp. 187-193
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2016 ◽
2020 ◽
Vol 6
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pp. 815
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2016 ◽
Vol 3
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pp. 115-119
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