Did postoperative mortality increase after the implementation of the medicare balanced budget act?

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 527-533

  Seshamani, Meena ^a,c   Zhu, Jingsan ^b   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e 1232 Blockley Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Health care reform; Hospital quality; Hospital reimbursement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745302663     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000215886.49343.c6     Document Type: Review

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