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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Patient Severity"”.
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Healthcare Cost Implications of Medicaid Managed Care
… to that burden in terms of the impact on patient charges. The study involved the use of a nationwide patient data set that included the most complete cost, charge and clinical data available. Procedure specific burden measures were created to operationalize the burden of Medicaid Managed …
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Is Optimum Time to Coronary Artery bypass Surgery Associated With Hospital Teaching Status and Payer Source? A Comparison of Outcomes and Costs Among Non St Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction Patients and St Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction Patients
… Previous studies have investigated costs among patients receiving CABG; however, none have addressed differences in mean costs of care related to payer source and time to CABG surgery. We posit that greater resource use is associated with the payer providing the most favorable reimbursement …
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A Profile of Diabetes-related Below Knee Amputations Using Nation-wide Patient Discharge Data: Patient, Provider, And Insurance Characteristics
<p>Background: Lower extremity amputation among patients with diabetes is a rarely studied topic. Providers' decisions regarding a below-knee Diabetes-Related Lower Extremity Amputation (DRLEA) single vs. repeat DRLEA terminating in a below-knee final amputation status are important for patient …
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Essays on the health economics of hospital quality
… of three essays on hospital quality of inpatient care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the United States. First, it explores issues in the measurement of quality, particularly through the estimation of risk-adjusted mortality rates (RAMRs) for hospitals. This work …
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Evidence based nursing practice and continence care
… aspect of clinical care: care of the incontinent patient. A series of small scale interrelated studies were undertaken using samples which comprised nursing staff involved in caring for the elderly, and patients in a community hospital. These studies allowed the identification of specific barriers …