Relationship Between Type of Health Insurance and Time to Inpatient Rehabilitation Placement for Surgical Subspecialty Patients

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 212-215

  Gerszten, Peter C ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a   Clyde, Brent L ^a   Welch, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; health insurance; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 0035511952     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060101600605     Document Type: Article

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