Association between the unemployment rate and inpatient cost per discharge by payer in the United States, 2005-2010

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Maeda, Jared Lane K ^a   Henke, Rachel Mosher ^b   Marder, William D ^b   Karaca, Zeynal ^c   Friedman, Bernard S ^c   Wong, Herbert S ^c  

^a Mid Atlantic Permanente Research Institute   (United States)

^b IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907939050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-378     Document Type: Article

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