Geographic variation: A view from the hospital sector

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 699-711

  Henke, Rachel Mosher ^a   Marder, William D ^a   Friedman, Bernard S ^b   Wong, Herbert S ^b  

^a THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitals; insurance coverage; Medicare; resource utilization; variations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755162302     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558711408325     Document Type: Article

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