Ralph Silber
Biographic Data
| ID | 10858631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph Silber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph |
| FAMILY NAME | Silber |
| SIGNATURE | SILBER R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patient transfers
We studied 458 consecutive patient transfers from 14 private hospitals to a public hospital emergency room during a six-month period. The transferred patients were predominantly male, young, and uninsured, and included large numbers of minority group members. We established criteria to identify patients at high risk for adverse effects of transfer and reviewed the clinical records of the 103 patients meeting these criteria. We judged that transfe…
Public money, private control
Government support of public and private hospitals in Oakland and Berkeley, California was investigated. The private hospitals received government subsidies amounting to at least 60 per cent of their total revenues. The dollar amount of the subsidies to private hospitals was four and one-half times greater than government expenditures on the public hospital. In Oakland and Berkeley, as in many cities, public medical services have been reduced whi…
Children??s Health Outcomes in Six Different Ambulatory Care Delivery Systems
This study assesses health outcomes across six widely varying delivery settings within one population sample, describing differences between actual and expected illness prevalences among children using each type of setting as a regular source. Illness measures are from independent clinical examinations of the children for anemia, acute and chronic ear problems, hearing loss and vision disorders. Comparisons of actual with expected prevalences bas…
Patient transfers
We studied 458 consecutive patient transfers from 14 private hospitals to a public hospital emergency room during a six-month period. The transferred patients were predominantly male, young, and uninsured, and included large numbers of minority group members. We established criteria to identify patients at high risk for adverse effects of transfer and reviewed the clinical records of the 103 patients meeting these criteria. We judged that transfe…
Public money, private control
Government support of public and private hospitals in Oakland and Berkeley, California was investigated. The private hospitals received government subsidies amounting to at least 60 per cent of their total revenues. The dollar amount of the subsidies to private hospitals was four and one-half times greater than government expenditures on the public hospital. In Oakland and Berkeley, as in many cities, public medical services have been reduced whi…
Children??s Health Outcomes in Six Different Ambulatory Care Delivery Systems
This study assesses health outcomes across six widely varying delivery settings within one population sample, describing differences between actual and expected illness prevalences among children using each type of setting as a regular source. Illness measures are from independent clinical examinations of the children for anemia, acute and chronic ear problems, hearing loss and vision disorders. Comparisons of actual with expected prevalences bas…
Public money, private control
Government support of public and private hospitals in Oakland and Berkeley, California was investigated. The private hospitals received government subsidies amounting to at least 60 per cent of their total revenues. The dollar amount of the subsidies to private hospitals was four and one-half times greater than government expenditures on the public hospital. In Oakland and Berkeley, as in many cities, public medical services have been reduced whi…
Patient transfers
We studied 458 consecutive patient transfers from 14 private hospitals to a public hospital emergency room during a six-month period. The transferred patients were predominantly male, young, and uninsured, and included large numbers of minority group members. We established criteria to identify patients at high risk for adverse effects of transfer and reviewed the clinical records of the 103 patients meeting these criteria. We judged that transfe…
Health care (3 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Adverse effect (1 work) · Ambulatory (1 work) · Ambulatory care (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work)