Akhigbe, Aigbe; Chinta, Ravi - 2024
We investigate the factors that influence the variance in hospital charges and inpatient care for kidney transplant … cases in the US. Using the AHRQ's (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) HCUP's (Hospital Cost and Utilization Project …) NIS (National Inpatient Sample) database, we find that variance in hospital charges and inpatient care is driven by …