Economic Burden of Avoidable Hospitalizations among Patients with Cancer at Namazi Hospital in Shiraz, 2013

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 177 - 182
• Main Authors: Hatam, Nahid, Fanusi, Tannaz, Dehghani, Mehdi, Vojdani, Reza, Ramzi, Mani, Askarian, Mehrdad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thailand West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 01.01.2017
• Subjects: patients with cancer; Avoidable hospitalization; economic burden

Introduction: Hospitalization of patients with cancer has a significant economic impact and avoidance where unnecessary has great potential for significant cost savings for patients, individual hospitals and the health system in general. Methods: Demographic, clinical and economical data were collec...