The importance of comorbidity in analysing patient costs in Swedish primary care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15355428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sven Engström (corresponding author), Sven G Engström, Lennart Carlsson (0000-0002-7204-9378, Karolinska Institutet), Carl Johan Östgren (0000-0003-1617-3179, Primary Health Care), Carl-Johan Östgren, Gunnar Nilsson (0000-0001-6795-5512), Gunnar H Nilsson (0000-0001-7811-7602, Karolinska Institutet), Lars Borgquist (Linköping University), Lars A Borgquist |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-36 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-6-36 |
| PMID | 16483369 |
| PMCID | PMC1459136 |
| OpenAlex | W1510075874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 17 |
ACGs was an important factor in explaining and estimating individual patient costs in primary health care. Costs were explained to only a minor extent by age and gender. However, the usefulness of the ACG system appears to be sensitive to the accuracy of classification and coding of diagnoses by physicians
Biostatistics · Comorbidity · Cost driver · Family medicine · Health care · Medical diagnosis · Observational study · Psychiatry · Public health · Demography · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
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| Citations per year | 0.45 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |