Cargando…

Health Care Indicators

This regular feature of the journal includes a section on each of the following four topics: community hospital statistics; employment, hours, and earnings in the private health sector; prices; and national economic indicators. These statistics are valuable in their own right for understanding the r...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cowan, Cathy A., Letsch, Suzanne W., Levit, Katharine R., Maple, Brenda T., Stewart, Madie W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1991
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10110874
Descripción
Sumario:This regular feature of the journal includes a section on each of the following four topics: community hospital statistics; employment, hours, and earnings in the private health sector; prices; and national economic indicators. These statistics are valuable in their own right for understanding the relationship between the health care sector and the overall economy. In addition, they provide indicators of the direction and magnitude of health care costs prior to the availability of more comprehensive data.