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3723493

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
During 1981, centers in Phoenix, Saskatoon, Stanford and Wichita monitored hospitalizations for 816 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Admission rates varied 2-fold, and admissions for evaluation and treatment 10-fold across centers. Admissions were related primarily to disease severity, but in US centers, were reduced by a factor of 3 by prepaid health care. Length of stay was shortest in California (7.3 days), and longest in Saskatoon (16.3) where designated arthritis beds and government prepaid health care existed. Average charges for surgery were as high as $10,000 in Phoenix and as low as $4550 in Wichita. Charges and length of stay were unrelated to disease severity, but were responsive to health care delivery system, availability of facilities, and geographic and center variation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0315-162X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
A multicenter study of hospitalization in rheumatoid arthritis: effect of health care system, severity, and regional difference.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't