Hospital competition, managed care, and mortality after hospitalization for medical conditions in California

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 682-705

  Rogowski, Jeannette ^a   Jain, Arvind K ^b   Escarce, José J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Managed care; Mortality; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33947121224     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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