Rural hospital wages and the area wage index

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-175

  Dalton, Kathleen ^a   Slifkin, Rebecca T ^a   Howard, Hilda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST; GEOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SALARY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036760696     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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