title: Observation beds--is it the missing link?
authors: St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Perez
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000191:economics*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States