Changes in acute hospital costs after employing clinical facilitators to improve stroke care in Victoria, Australia

Abstract Background Hospital costs for stroke are increasing and variability in care quality creates inefficiencies. In 2007, the Victorian Government (Australia) employed clinical facilitators for three years in eight public hospitals to improve stroke care. Literature on the cost implications of s...

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Main Authors: Dominique A. Cadilhac, Helen M. Dewey, Sonia Denisenko, Christopher F. Bladin, Atte Meretoja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3836-9