The relationship of insurance status, hospital ownership, and teaching status with interhospital transfers in California in 2000

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 774-779

  Green, Adrienne ^a   Showstack, Jonathan ^a   Rennie, Deborah ^a   Goldman, Lee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22944469729     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200508000-00015     Document Type: Article

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