The quality of care delivered to patients within the same hospital varies by insurance type

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1731-1739

  Spencer, Christine S ^a   Gaskin, Darrell J ^b   Roberts, Eric T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885393648     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1400     Document Type: Article

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