Declining payments for emergency department care, 1996-1998

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-308

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a   Tamayo Sarver, Joshua H ^a   Cydulka, Rita K ^b   Baker, David W ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037373388     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.11     Document Type: Article

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