Hospitalists' awareness of patient charges associated with inpatient care

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 295-297

  Graham, Jeremy D ^a   Potyk, Darryl ^a   Raimi, Elise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BioStatistics and Data Analysis ^*

Author keywords

Costs; Hospitalists; Inpatient care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 77953500539     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.655     Document Type: Article

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