Length of hospital stay of medicare patients in the post-prospective- payment-system era

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-30

  Younis, Mustafa Z ^a,b,c,d  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sull Ross State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed size; Conversion of ownership; For profit hospital; Length of stay; Medicare; Medicare Cost Report; Not for profit hospital; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244373717     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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