Mortality, length of stay, and inpatient charges for heart failure patients at public versus private hospitals in South Korea

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 853-861

  Kim, Sun Jung ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^b   Kim, Tae Hyun ^b,c   Yoo, Ji Won ^d,e   Lee, Sang Gyu ^b,c  

^a Namseoul University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fees and charges; Length of stay; Mortality; Public hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926339158     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.3.853     Document Type: Article

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