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