Does managed care make a difference? Physicians' length of stay decisions under managed and non-managed care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-10

  De Jong, Judith D ^a   Westert, Gert P ^b   Noetscher, Cheryl M ^c   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEW YORK; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 2942644303     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-4-3     Document Type: Article

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