The effect of payer status on utilization of hospital resources in trauma care

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-404

  Rhee, Peter M ^a,c   Grossman, David ^a,b   Rivara, Frederick ^a,b   Mock, Charles ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory ^a   Maier, Ronald V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; INJURY; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030901618     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430280073010     Document Type: Article

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