Hospital ownership, reimbursement systems and mortality rates

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1151-1168

  Milcent, Carine ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Institut d'Economie et de Management de la Santé   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competing risks model; Hospitals; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27844532041     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1010     Document Type: Article

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