The Impact of Patient Profiles and Procedures on Hospitalization Costs through Length of Stay in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Based on a Japanese Administrative Database

Hironori Uematsu; Susumu Kunisawa; Kazuto Yamashita; Yuichi Imanaka

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125284

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The Impact of Patient Profiles and Procedures on Hospitalization Costs through Length of Stay in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Based on a Japanese Administrative Database

Hironori Uematsu,

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
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Susumu Kunisawa,

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
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Kazuto Yamashita,

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
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Yuichi Imanaka

* E-mail: imanaka-y@umin.net

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
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The Impact of Patient Profiles and Procedures on Hospitalization Costs through Length of Stay in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Based on a Japanese Administrative Database

Hironori Uematsu,
Susumu Kunisawa,
Kazuto Yamashita,
Yuichi Imanaka

Published: April 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125284

About the Authors

Hironori Uematsu

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Susumu Kunisawa

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Kazuto Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Yuichi Imanaka

* E-mail: imanaka-y@umin.net

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HU SK KY YI. Performed the experiments: HU YI. Analyzed the data: HU SK KY YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HU YI. Wrote the paper: HU YI.

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