A study of regional variation in the inpatient cost of lower extremity amputation among patients with diabetes in the United States
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Understanding of the effects of providers’ cost on regional variation in healthcare spending is still very limited. The objective of this study is to assess cross-state and cross-region variations in inpatient cost of lower extremity amputation among diabetic patients (DLEA) in relation to patient, hospital, and state factors.
Publication Title
Journal of Medical Economics
Volume
16
Issue
6
First Page
820
Last Page
827
Recommended Citation
Yin, Hongjun; Radican, Larry; and Kong, Sheldon X., "A study of regional variation in the inpatient cost of lower extremity amputation among patients with diabetes in the United States" (2013). PCOM Scholarly Works. 1002.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/1002
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Comments
This article was published in Journal of Medical Economics, Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 820-827.
The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3111/13696998.2013.801349 .Copyright © 2013 Informa.