Researchers set out to examine the relationship between patients’ insurance coverage and interhospital transfers. Their study was based on 315,748 patients (ages 18 to 64) discharged from 1,051 acute-care hospitals with any of the following five diagnoses: biliary tract disease, chest pain, pneumonia, septicemia and skin or subcutaneous infection. Patients’ insurance coverage — private, Medicare, Medicaid or uninsured — was compared with rates of transfer.
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