Impact of the Balance Budget Act on access to rural hospital health services for medicaid patients

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-80

  Younis, Mustafa Z ^a   Cissell, William B ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Balanced Budget Act of 1997; Insurance; Prospective payment system; Reimbursement; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750433916     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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