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High‐cost users of hospital beds in Western Australia: a population‐based record linkage study
1 Apr 2006
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OBJECTIVE: To describe how high-cost users of inpatient care in Western Australia differ from other users in age, health problems and resource use. DESIGN AND DATA SOURCES: Secondary analysis of hospital data and linked mortality data from the WA Data Linkage System for 2002, with cost data from the National Hospital Cost Data Collection (2001-02 financial year). OUTCOME MEASURES: Comparison of high-cost users...
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