Glassman P A, Bell R M, Tranquada R E
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.
Am J Public Health. 1994 Aug;84(8):1325-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.8.1325.
The effect of Medicare on two public hospitals in Los Angeles County was analyzed by examining the percentage of patients 65 years of age and older among all discharges from 1958 through 1971. At Harbor General Hospital, discharges of elderly patients had dropped from 21.7% to 7.9% by late 1966; at Los Angeles County General Hospital, discharges decreased from 15.3% to 10.7% between 1966 and 1967. Monitoring public hospitals' demographic changes after enacting a national health plan may provide information on patients' and providers' acceptance of insurance and on resources needed by public hospitals to care for those left without coverage.
通过研究1958年至1971年期间所有出院患者中65岁及以上患者的比例，分析了医疗保险对洛杉矶县两家公立医院的影响。在港总医院，到1966年末，老年患者的出院比例从21.7%降至7.9%；在洛杉矶县总医院，1966年至1967年间，出院比例从15.3%降至10.7%。在实施国家卫生计划后监测公立医院的人口结构变化，可能会提供有关患者和医疗服务提供者对保险的接受情况，以及公立医院照顾那些没有保险的患者所需资源的信息。
