When VA patients have Non-VA hospitalizations, who pays for what services, and what are the research implications?: A New York case study

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 872-877

  West, Alan N ^a   Weeks, William B ^a,b   Wright, Steven M ^b   Wallace, Amy E ^a,b   Fisher, Elliott S ^a,b,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Major diagnostic categories; Non VA care; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 49649105734     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181791ac0     Document Type: Article

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