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Does insurance status influence a patient's hospital charge?
The objective of this study was to determine whether hospitals charge patients differently based on their insurance status. It concluded that conditional on patient characteristics, length of stay, and expected intensity of resource utilization, patients with private insurance and patients with Medicare were charged more (before discounting) than their uninsured counterparts within the same hospital.
AHRQ-funded; HS022236.
Citation: Woodworth L, Romano PS, Holmes JF .
Does insurance status influence a patient's hospital charge?
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2017 Jun;15(3):353-62. doi: 10.1007/s40258-017-0308-z.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Health Insurance, Hospitals, Medicare, Uninsured