Estimating inpatient hospital prices from state administrative data and hospital financial reports

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1779-1797

  Levit, Katharine R ^a   Friedman, Bernard ^a   Wong, Herbert S ^b  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Inpatient hospital prices; Medicaid; Medicare; private insurance; revenue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE;

INPATIENT HOSPITAL PRICES; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIVATE INSURANCE; REVENUE;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884910032     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12065     Document Type: Article

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