title: An analysis of the length of stay and effectiveness of treatment for hip fracture patients in Japan: evaluation of the 2002 Revision of the Medical Service Fee Schedule.
abstract: The length of hospital stay and effectiveness of medical treatment are analyzed using data of patients hospitalized due to hip fractures of four hospitals in Japan. The influence of the Revision of the Medical Service Fee Schedule in April, 2002, is evaluated, and factors which may have affected the length of stay and effectiveness of treatment (walking ability upon departure from the hospital) are also analyzed by a newly developed simultaneous equation model.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-kun Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. nawata@geosys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazumitsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Sonoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabuchi
mesh_terms: D005249:Fees and Charges; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007902:Length of Stay; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016896:Treatment Outcome