The importance of comorbidity in analysing patient costs in Swedish primary care
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective was to explore the usefulness of the morbidity risk adjustment system Adjusted Clinical Groups<sup>® </sup>(ACG), in comparison with age and gender, in explaining and estimating patient costs on an individua...
Main Authors: | Östgren Carl-Johan, Carlsson Lennart, Engström Sven G, Nilsson Gunnar H, Borgquist Lars A |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-02-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/36 |
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