Trends in charges and payments for nonhospitalized emergency department pediatric visits, 1996-2003

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Hsia, Renee Y ^a   MacIsaac, Donna ^b   Palm, Erin ^c   Baker, Laurence C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department utilization; Health care use; Health service utilization; Health services research; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICAID; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949098929     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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