Study provides admission, payment data for academic vs. non-academic providers.
Data Library: Admissions and cost data. This month's column looks at a Medstat study on the use of academic facilities and costs per admission compared to non-academic providers--under both managed care and fee-for-service scenarios and comparing national figures with those of highly penetrated managed care areas of the country.
D019985:Benchmarking; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States