Analysis of cost outliers within APR-DRGs in a Belgian general hospital: two complementary approaches.

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Published in Health Policy on March 01, 2006

Authors

Magali Pirson1, Michèle Dramaix, Pol Leclercq, Terri Jackson

Author Affiliations

1: Health Economics Department, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 806 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium. magali.pirson@ulb.ac.be

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