Cost of practice in a tertiary/quaternary referral center: Is it sustainable?

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1035-1039

  Cologne, K G ^a   Hwang, G S ^a   Senagore, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundled care payment; High risk patients; Tertiary quaternary referral centers; Warranty cost of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUATERNARY CARE CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919399886     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-014-1175-3     Document Type: Article

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