Medicare reimbursement, nurse staffing, and patient outcomes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-361

  Kaestner, Robert ^a,b   Guardado, Jose ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Mortality; Nurses; Quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849147016     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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