
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Douglas, David 
A1  - Ram Vemuri, Siva 
A1  - Xiao, Jianguo 
T1  - Episodes of care:Should we have them?
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 19
IS  - 3
SP  - 3
EP  - 13
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH960003 
N2  - In this paper the authors discuss the introduction of ?episodes of care?, a new systemfor monitoring hospital-linked patient care services. They consider the proposal in thecontext of clinical, financial and technical frameworks. The authors conclude thathealth planners are likely to benefit from the introduction of this form of monitoring.The proposed change would also allow more accurate analysis of the true cost ofinterventions. However, it is likely to require significant investment in informationtechnology and there may be loss of patient confidentiality. 
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