The growing difference between public and private payment rates for inpatient hospital care

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2147-2150

  Selden, Thomas M ^a   Karaca, Zeynal ^b   Keenan, Patricia ^b   White, Chapin ^c   Kronick, Richard ^b  

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

^b AHRQ   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84950974095     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0706     Document Type: Article

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