The effect of insurance status on mortality and procedural use in critically ill patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 809-815

  Lyon, Sarah M ^a,b   Benson, Nicole M ^b   Cooke, Colin R ^c   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^c   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^d,e  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Insurance; Intensive care unit; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TAX; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053397673     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201101-0089OC     Document Type: Article

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