Length of stay data as a guide to hospital economic performance for ICU patients

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 386-397

  Rapoport, John ^a   Teres, Daniel ^b   Zhao, Yonggang ^c   Lemeshow, Stanley ^c  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Report cards

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCOUNTING; BENCHMARKING; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FINANCIAL AUDIT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047698192     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000053021.93198.96     Document Type: Article

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