Medicare and commercial inpatient resource use: Impact of hospital competition

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Henke, Rachel Mosher ^a   Maeda, Jared Lane ^a   Marder, William D ^a   Friedman, Barry S ^b   Wong, Herbert S ^b  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SEX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880460099     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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