Determinants of hospital length of stay for cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer: Does managed care matter?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Berg, Gregory D ^a,b   Chattopadhyay, Sajal K ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b McKesson   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

AGED; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0842307206     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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