Factors Associated with Prolonged Observation Services Stays and the Impact of Long Stays on Patient Cost

BACKGROUND: Patients are treated using observation services (OS) when their care needs exceed standard outpatient care (i.e., clinic or emergency department) but do not qualify for admission. Medicare and other private payers seek to limit this care setting to 48 hours. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING: He...

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izdano v:Health Serv Res
Main Authors: Hockenberry, Jason M, Mutter, Ryan, Barrett, Marguerite, Parlato, Judy, Ross, Michael A
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Research Article
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231577/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344860
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12143
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