Air Ambulances With Sky-High Charges
| Autor: | Ge Bai, Arjun Chanmugam, Valerie Y. Suslow, Gerard F. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Emergency Medical Services
Time Factors Meteorology 030503 health policy & services Health Policy media_common.quotation_subject Air Ambulances Charge (physics) Medicare United States 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sky Fees and Charges Environmental science Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Health affairs (Project Hope). 38(7) |
| ISSN: | 1544-5208 |
| Popis: | Charges for air ambulance services were 4.1-9.5 times higher than what Medicare paid for the same services in 2016. The median charge ratios (the charge divided by the Medicare rate) for the services increased by 46-61 percent in 2012-16. Air ambulance charges varied substantially across the US, and some of the largest providers had among the highest charges. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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