Comparison of Uninsured and Privately Insured Hospital Patients: Condition on Admission, Resource Use, and Outcome

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 374-379

  Hadley, Jack ^a   Steinberg, Earl P ^b   Feder, Judith ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INDIGENTS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0025981052     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460030080033     Document Type: Article

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