Titre :
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Maternal minimum-stay legislation : Cost and policy implications. (1999)
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Auteurs :
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K. RAUBE ;
K. MERRELL ;
Center for Health Administration Studies. University of Chicago. Chicago. IL. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 6, 1999)
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Pagination :
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922-923
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Epidémiologie
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Homme
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Femme
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Accouchement
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Etat santé
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Hospitalisation
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Postpartum
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Economie santé
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Tendance séculaire
;
Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST eR0xkl0k. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. Recently, most state legislatores and Congress have passed laws mandating insurance coverage for a minimum period of inpatient care following delivery. This study analyzed the likely cost implications of one state's law. Methods. Hospital discharge records for Illinois women who gave birth (n=167769) and infants born (n=164905) during a 12-month period predating the law were analyzed. Results. As a percentage of total spending on birth-related admissions and readmissions, the net effect of the law ranges from a savings of 0.1% to a cost of 20.2%. Conclusions. There may be large cost implications to this legislation, even with savings from avoided readmissions.
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