Steering patients to safer hospitals? The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P2, 2008, Pages 1849-1868

  Scanlon, Dennis P ^a   Lindrooth, Richard C ^b   Christianson, Jon B ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers of excellence; Hospital choice; Leapfrog Group; Patient safety; Tiered hospital benefits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LABOR UNIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 52149109276     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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