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Econometric estimation of WHO-CHOICE country-specific costs for inpatient and outpatient health service delivery

Overview of attention for article published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, March 2018
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Title
Econometric estimation of WHO-CHOICE country-specific costs for inpatient and outpatient health service delivery
Published in
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12962-018-0095-x
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Karin Stenberg, Jeremy A. Lauer, Georgios Gkountouras, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Anderson Stanciole

Abstract

Policy makers require information on costs related to inpatient and outpatient health services to inform resource allocation decisions. Country data sets were gathered in 2008-2010 through literature reviews, website searches and a public call for cost data. Multivariate regression analysis was used to explore the determinants of variability in unit costs using data from 30 countries. Two models were designed, with the inpatient and outpatient models drawing upon 3407 and 9028 observations respectively. Cost estimates are produced at country and regional level, with 95% confidence intervals. Inpatient costs across 30 countries are significantly associated with the type of hospital, ownership, as well as bed occupancy rate, average length of stay, and total number of inpatient admissions. Changes in outpatient costs are significantly associated with location, facility ownership and the level of care, as well as to the number of outpatient visits and visits per provider per day. These updated WHO-CHOICE service delivery unit costs are statistically robust and may be used by analysts as inputs for economic analysis. The models can predict country-specific unit costs at different capacity levels and in different settings.

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Unknown 129 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 29 22%
Student > Master 18 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 12%
Student > Postgraduate 5 4%
Other 5 4%
Other 15 12%
Unknown 41 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 23%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 16 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 4%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Other 13 10%
Unknown 48 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2022.
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