Insurance status and the transfer of hospitalized patients: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is little objective evidence to support concerns that patients are transferred between hospitals based on insurance status.

Objective

To examine the relationship between patients' insurance coverage and interhospital transfer.

Design

Data analyzed from the 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

Patients

All patients aged 18 to 64 years discharged alive from U.S. acute care hospitals with 1 of 5 common diagnoses (biliary tract disease, chest pain, pneumonia, septicemia, and skin or subcutaneous infection).

Measurements

For each diagnosis, the proportion of hospitalized patients who were transferred to another acute care hospital based on insurance coverage (private, Medicare, Medicaid, or uninsured) was compared. Logistic regression was used t

SUBMITTER: Hanmer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4157678 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature