Search for dissertations about: "ACG Adjusted Clinical Groups"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words ACG Adjusted Clinical Groups.

2. 1. Clinical and economic features of categories of patients in defined populations

   Author : Lennart Carlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ACG Adjusted Clinical Groups ; case-mix; comorbidity; cost-of-illness; health care register; patient classification; primary care; skin cancer; type of morbidity.;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the use of information from health care registers on an individual level, making it possible to elucidate the morbidity and comorbidity patterns in defined populations, and to allocate resources in primary health care (PHC) on this basis. Study I aimed at assessing the annual direct and indirect costs of skin diseases caused by ultraviolet radiation. READ MORE

4. 2. Quality, costs and the role of primary health care

   Author : Sven Engström; Lars Borgquist; Ingvar Krakau; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Drug utilization review methods; Hospitalization statistics and numerical data; Outpatient clinics; hospital utilization; Primary health care; Quality of health care; Respiratory tract infections; drug therapy; Family practice; Cost-benefit analysis; Efficiency; Organizational; Health care costs; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the role of primary care in health care systems in terms of health, health care utilisation and costs, and to study the feasibility of retrieval of data from computerised medical records to monitor medical quality.The thesis includes five studies, a systematic literature review, a register study of utilisation of hospital and primary care, a study based on data from computerised medical records of individual patients cost for primary care, and two studies of management of respiratory infections in primary care based on data from computerised medical records of twelve health centres. READ MORE