Rates of Avoidable Hospitalization by Insurance Status in Massachusetts and Maryland

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 268, Issue 17, 1992, Pages 2388-2394

  Weissman, Joel S ^a,b   Gatsonis, Constantine ^b,c   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026714732     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03490170060026     Document Type: Article

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