Cost of inpatient rehabilitation care in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 929-938

  Wagner, Todd H ^a,b,c   Richardson, Samuel S ^a   Vogel, Bruce ^c   Wing, Kristen ^c   Smith, Mark W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Average costs; Billing; Charges; Cost; Economics; Micro cost methods; Rehabilitation; Reimbursement; VA; Veterans

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AVERAGE COSTS; BILLING; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE (FIM); MICRO-COST METHODS; REIMBURSEMENT; VETERANS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33947398763     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.10.0162     Document Type: Article

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