Uncompensated care and emergency department utilization: A local study having national implications

Health Care Manager

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-38

  Rotarius, Timothy ^a   Trujillo, Antonio ^a   Unruh, Lynn ^a   Fottler, Myron D ^a   Liberman, Aaron ^a   Morrison, Sharon D ^b   Ross, Dianne ^a   Cortelyou, Kendall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission type; Bad debt; Care; Charity care; Emergency; Outpatient care; Ratios (uncompensated charges, collection, charity, bad debt); Routine care; Uncompensated care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036726926     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200209000-00002     Document Type: Article

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