Commentary: Hospital economics of the hospitalist: Twenty-first century hospitals: Intensification increases

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 919-922

  Larson, Eric B ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NOTE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038282761     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00153     Document Type: Note

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