Counting the cost of hospitalised injury using administrative data in Australia: three considerations from a retrospective cohort data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the relative differences in injury hospitalisation cost estimates from hospital administrative data when using (1) hospital reimbursement based on National Efficient Price (NEP) versus local hospital costings methods, (2) inflation factors based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) versus health group index and (3) different healthcare funder's perspectives.

Design

Retrospective population-based cohort study of linked Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection dataset and National Hospital Cost Data Collection data.

Setting

All admitted injury-related care episodes occurring within a major trauma hospital in Queensland during 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2017.

Outcome measure

Total in-patient hospitalisation cost associated with an epi

SUBMITTER: Afoakwah C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11795378 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature