The changing landscape of hospital capacity in large cities and suburbs: Implications for the safety net in metropolitan America

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-414

  Andrulis, Dennis P ^a   Duchon, Lisa M ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Management Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid ALOS; Poverty; Safety net hospitals; Suburban hospital care; Urban hospital care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAFETY; SUBURBAN AREA; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34248328364     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9163-9     Document Type: Article

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