Sources of variability in hospital costs of atrial septal defect repair.
Sources of variability in the cost of atrial septal defect repair were assessed. Variations in practice style, inflation, and errors in data entry were found to be the 3 primary sources of cost variability.
Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA.
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D000066:Accounting; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003361:Cost Allocation; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies