Giving EMS flexibility in transporting low-acuity patients could generate substantial medicare savings

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2142-2148

  Alpert, Abby ^a   Morganti, Kristy G ^b   Margolis, Gregg S ^c   Wasserman, Jeffrey ^b   Kellermann, Arthur L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; COST SAVINGS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACUITY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890149492     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0741     Document Type: Article

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