Every little helps – Financial implications of miscoding urological procedures in era of austerity
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Implications of miscoding urological procedures in an era of financial austerity – ‘Every Penny Counts’
OBJECTIVES The study aimed to find out any inaccuracy in coding of elective urology procedures and associated financial implications. DESIGN Retrospective audit and re-audit. SETTINGS Introduction of payment by results was introduced in the NHS in England in 2002. This meant that hospitals are paid on individual patient basis according to their human resource group (HRG) rather than a block...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1743-9191
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.06.752