The Importance of Comorbidities in Explaining Differences in Patient Costs

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 767-782

  Shwartz, Michael ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^b   Moskowitz, Mark A ^c   Ash, Arlene S ^c   Sawitz, Eric ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Hospital costs; Severity adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030211797     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00005     Document Type: Article

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