The Impact of Practicing in Multiple Hospitals on Physician Profiles

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-462

  Miller, Mark E ^a   Welch, W Pete ^a   Welch, H Gilbert ^b,c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Physician practice patterns; Physician profiling; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030140231     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199605000-00007     Document Type: Article

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