Rising billing for intermediate intensive care among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries between 1996 and 2010

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-170

  Sjoding, Michael W ^a   Valley, Thomas S ^a   Prescott, Hallie C ^a,b,c   Wunsch, Hannah ^d,e   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b,c,f   Cooke, Colin R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA CENTER FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Intensive care unit; Intermediate care facilities; Longitudinal studies; Organization and administration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ACCOUNTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL FEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND RECEIVABLE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975090283     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201506-1252OC     Document Type: Article

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