Hospital inpatient costs for adults with multiple chronic conditions

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-346

  Friedman, Bernard ^a   Jiang, H Joanna ^a   Elixhauser, Anne ^a   Segal, Andrew ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Hospital cost

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICARE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646348168     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558706287042     Document Type: Article

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