Length of stay at an all-time low

Health Care Manager

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-127

  Mardis, Renee ^a   Brownson, Kenneth ^b  

^a Department of Inpatient Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^b The Adult Education Resource   (United States)

Author keywords

Average length of stay; Managed care organizations; Medicare; Prospective payment system; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038819655     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200304000-00007     Document Type: Article

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