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Evidence of Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Use of Medicare Observation Stays and Subsequent Patient Outcomes Relative to Short-Stay Hospitalizations
Purpose: To examine racial and geographic disparities in the use of—and outcomes associated with—Medicare observation stays versus short-stay hospitalizations. Methods: We used 2007–2010 fee-for-service Medicare claims, including 3,555,994 observation and short-stay hospitalizations for individuals...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30272046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2017.0055 |