| Article ID: | iaor1994643 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 13 |
| End Page Number: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1993 |
| Journal: | OR Insight |
| Authors: | Worthington D., Hindle A., Lee I. |
| Keywords: | costing |
An OR-style approach for obtaining estimates of patient costs from currently available routine information systems in hospitals has been developed and implemented as a PC-based system in a number of hospitals. The system is simple and inexpensive, yet provides managers with acceptably accurate information for supporting their decisions.