Comparing uninsured and privately insured hospital patients: Admission severity, health outcomes and resource use

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-210

  Bradbury, R C ^a   Golec, Joseph H ^b   Steen, Paul M ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MediQual Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992850868     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: 17581044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095148480101400307     Document Type: Article

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