The impact of hospital-acquired conditions on medicare program payments

Medicare and Medicaid Research Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 23-

  Kandilov, Amy M G ^a   Coomer, Nicole M ^a   Dalton, Kathleen ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Demand; Health care costs; Hospital acquired condition; Hospitals; Medicare; Medicare payments; Patient safety (measurement); Quality of care; Utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESSURE ULCER; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84923308724     PISSN: 21590354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5600/mmrr.004.04.a01     Document Type: Article

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