@article{27ca0300f370400dbdbd91d3b67a4382,
title = "Air ambulances with sky-high charges",
abstract = "Charges for air ambulance services were 4.1-9.5 times higher than what Medicare paid for the same services in 2016. The median charge ratios (the charge divided by the Medicare rate) for the services increased by 46-61 percent in 2012-16. Air ambulance charges varied substantially across the US, and some of the largest providers had among the highest charges.",
author = "Ge Bai and Arjun Chanmugam and Suslow, {Valerie Y.} and Anderson, {Gerard F.}",
note = "Funding Information: Ge Bai provided consulting services to Wolf Popper LLP. The authors thank Dong Xie for his research assistance and the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School for its supplementary research support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Project HOPE-The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05375",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "38",
pages = "1195--1200",
journal = "Health Affairs",
issn = "0278-2715",
publisher = "Project Hope",
number = "7",
}