Uncompensated Care Provided by Private Practice Physicians in Florida. Export

@article{citeulike:1724925, abstract = {While a great deal of attention has been paid in recent years to establishing the magnitude and characteristics of uncompensated care in hospitals, comparatively little research has been undertaken to study physician uncompensated care. This article reports the results of a prospective patient-specific study of uncompensated care in Florida. Of 4,042 cases examined, 26.2 percent had charges voluntarily reduced below the usual and customary charge at the time of service. However, only 13.5 percent of those reductions were attributed to charity. Overall, 10.4 percent of the total billed amount was left unresolved. When payment source was considered, it was found that self-pay patients accounted for 30.6 percent of the cases but accounted for 52.0 percent of the unresolved amounts. Further analysis indicated that the self-pay patients were 35.5 times more likely to leave an outstanding balance than individuals with some type of insurance coverage. Odds of unresolved balances were also calculated as a function of income, specialty type, practice size, and type of visit.}, author = {Kilpatrick, K. E. and Miller, M. K. and Dwyer, J. W. and Nissen, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {1724925}, journal = {Health Services Research}, keywords = {pgp, safetynet, uncompensatedcare}, number = {3}, pages = {277--302}, posted-at = {2007-10-03 20:39:21}, priority = {5}, title = {Uncompensated Care Provided by Private Practice Physicians in Florida.}, volume = {26}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1724925 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1724925 N2 - While a great deal of attention has been paid in recent years to establishing the magnitude and characteristics of uncompensated care in hospitals, comparatively little research has been undertaken to study physician uncompensated care. This article reports the results of a prospective patient-specific study of uncompensated care in Florida. Of 4,042 cases examined, 26.2 percent had charges voluntarily reduced below the usual and customary charge at the time of service. However, only 13.5 percent of those reductions were attributed to charity. Overall, 10.4 percent of the total billed amount was left unresolved. When payment source was considered, it was found that self-pay patients accounted for 30.6 percent of the cases but accounted for 52.0 percent of the unresolved amounts. Further analysis indicated that the self-pay patients were 35.5 times more likely to leave an outstanding balance than individuals with some type of insurance coverage. Odds of unresolved balances were also calculated as a function of income, specialty type, practice size, and type of visit. IS - 3 JF - Health Services Research EP - 302 TI - Uncompensated Care Provided by Private Practice Physicians in Florida. VL - 26 SP - 277 KW - pgp KW - safetynet KW - uncompensatedcare AU - Kilpatrick, KE AU - Miller, MK AU - Dwyer, JW AU - Nissen, D PY - 1991/// ER -