Cost of inpatient care and its association with hospital competition

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Chang, David C ^a,b,c   Shiozawa, Aki ^b   Nguyen, Louis L ^d   Chrouser, Kristin L ^c   Perler, Bruce A ^b   Freischlag, Julie A ^b   Colombani, Paul M ^b   Abdullah, Fizan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PYLOROMYOTOMY;

APPENDECTOMY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650622611     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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