TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Who pays for agricultural injury care?
JO  - Journal of agromedicine
A1  - Costich, Julia
SP  - 54
EP  - 57
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
N2  - Analysis of 295 agricultural injury hospitalizations in a single state's hospital discharge database found that workers' compensation covered only 5% of the inpatient stays. Other sources were commercial health insurance (47%), Medicare (31%), and Medicaid (7%); 9% were uninsured. Estimated mean hospital and physician payments (not costs or charges) were $12,056 per hospitalization. Nearly one sixth (16%) of hospitalizations were either unreimbursed or covered by Medicaid, indicating a substantial cost-shift to public funding sources. Problems in characterizing agricultural injuries and states' exceptions to workers' compensation coverage mandates point to the need for comprehensive health coverage.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1059-924X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10599240903389714
ID  - ref1
ER  -