Medicare's policy to limit payment for hospital-acquired conditions: The impact on safety net providers

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 638-647

  Mchugh, Megan ^a   Martin, Timothy C ^b   Orwat, John ^c   van Dyke, Kevin ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Medicare; Quality; Safety net

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; FALLING; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FOREIGN BODIES; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80051648850     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0058     Document Type: Article

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