Kathleen Smyth-Staruch
Biographic Data
| ID | 5544686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Smyth-Staruch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Smyth-Staruch |
| SIGNATURE | SMYTH-STARUCH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hospice Home Care Cost Savings to Third-Party Insurers
A population-based, retrospective analysis of Medicare Part A and Blue Cross hospital insurance claims data was used to determine whether hospice home care cost savings to third-party insurers are substantial and result from the substitution of less expensive home care visits for more costly hospital inpatient days. The study was carried out by comparing the third-party payments of Cuyahoga County residents who died of cancer and were served by a…
Use of Health Services by Chronically Ill and Disabled Children
Hospitalization and use of outpatient health care services during a 1-year period by 369 pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, myelodysplasia, or multiple physical handicaps and 456 randomly selected children without congenital conditions from the Cleveland area were examined. Use of hospitalization and outpatient services by the average chronically ill or disabled child was 10 times that of the average comparison child. Physic…
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Hospice Home Care Cost Savings to Third-Party Insurers
A population-based, retrospective analysis of Medicare Part A and Blue Cross hospital insurance claims data was used to determine whether hospice home care cost savings to third-party insurers are substantial and result from the substitution of less expensive home care visits for more costly hospital inpatient days. The study was carried out by comparing the third-party payments of Cuyahoga County residents who died of cancer and were served by a…
Use of Health Services by Chronically Ill and Disabled Children
Hospitalization and use of outpatient health care services during a 1-year period by 369 pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, myelodysplasia, or multiple physical handicaps and 456 randomly selected children without congenital conditions from the Cleveland area were examined. Use of hospitalization and outpatient services by the average chronically ill or disabled child was 10 times that of the average comparison child. Physic…
Family medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (1 works) · Ambulatory care (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Cerebral palsy (1 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (1 works) · Emergency Medicine (1 works) · Emergency Medicine (1 works) · End-of-life care (1 works)