Form follows finance: Emergency department admissions and hospital operating margins

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 959-960

  Schneider, Sandra M ^a   Asplin, Brent R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56849133338     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00253.x     Document Type: Note

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