Trends in hospital-SNF relationships in the care of Medicare beneficiaries

Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 175-179

  Liao, Joshua M ^a,b   Konetzka, R Tamara ^c   Werner, Rachel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Medicare; Post acute care; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; INSURANCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MEDICARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046661118     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2018.05.001     Document Type: Article

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