Using Australian DRGs in New Zealand:collaboration for progress
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Using Australian DRGs in New Zealand: collaboration for progress.
One matter on which we were agreed is that, with respect to areas of potential improvement in Australian DRGs, Hindle (2001) agrees with us! Most of the ideas that he presents have been the subject of informal discussions among interested parties across the Tasman. Hindle does not claim otherwise, but adds to our understanding by presenting the ideas in a clear and relatively comprehensive way....
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Health Review
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0156-5788
DOI: 10.1071/ah010027