State deregulation and medicare costs for acute cardiac care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-205

  Ho, Vivian ^a,b   Ku Goto, Meei Hsiang ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Certificate of Need (CON); coronary artery bypass graft (CABG); panel data methods; percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST CONTROL; DEREGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REIMBURSEMENT;

AGED; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875728354     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712459681     Document Type: Article

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