Search for dissertations about: "patient costing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words patient costing.

  2. 1. Counting what counts : time-driven activity-based costing in health care

    Author : George Keel; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: Patients with multiple chronic conditions consume over 40% of health care resources. The si- loed nature of the health care system exacerbates these costs, and integrated care solutions are required to adequately meet their needs. However, such integrated multidisciplinary ap- proaches are seen as costly. READ MORE

  4. 2. Diabetes mellitus, socioeconomy and self-rated health : population-based studies in cohorts registered in the diabetes incidence study in Sweden

    Author : Pia Maria Jonsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; economics; quality of life; patient satisfaction; female gender; Sweden;

    Abstract : The studies presented in this thesis analyzed the impact of diabetes mellitus on socioeconomy and selfrated health, focusing on how the consequences of diabetes develop during the first decade after the diagnosis. The Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden, DISS, prospectively registers all incid ent cases of diabetes in the age group 15 to 34 years; approximately 400 new cases per year, of whom 65 percent are men and 35 percent women. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cost and benefits of cone beam computed tomography : for maxillary canines with eruption disturbance

    Author : Helena Christell; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diagnostic methods; Cost-effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Systematic review; Cost-analysis; Radiology; Odontology; CBCT; Cone beam computed tomography;

    Abstract : I tandvården finns allt fler metoder för prevention, diagnostik och behandling. Eftersom resurserna är begränsade bör den metod väljas där nyttan uppväger kostnaden. Idag saknas dock vetenskapliga belägg gällande kostnadseffektivitet för undersökning med Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). READ MORE

  6. 4. Health economic studies on advanced home care

    Author : Agneta Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health economics; economic evaluation; advanced home care; redistribution; cost; informal care; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine the cost-effectiveness of specific advanced home care and home rehabilitation interventions and to improve economic evaluation methods when applied to advanced home care. This included a comparison of two alternative ways of administering oxygen at home to patients with chronic hypoxaemia, as well as a review of scientific evidence on costs and effects of home rehabilitation after stroke. READ MORE

  7. 5. On the fifth day : improving hip fracture care : study of processes, costs and outcomes

    Author : Susanne Löfgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : This thesis analyses a research and development project on hip fracture care that was conducted between 2006 and 2010 at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. The thesis is a case study of this change project that was intended to decrease the time to operation for hip fracture patients, to discharge these patients within 5 days of admission and to empower these patients in their post-operative care. READ MORE