What is it about?
Some diagnoses (conditions) are more sensitive to the external environment (weather, air quality, temperature, infectious outbreaks, etc) than others. The degree of environment-induced volatility in admissions is characterized for childhood conditions.
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Why is it important?
Financial stability for the commissioning organisation is a function of the volatility of various conditions among the population
Perspectives
Part of a wider series investigating financial risk in health care commissioning, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Financial risk and volatile childhood diagnoses, British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2013, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2013.19.3.148.
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