Hospital organizational change and financial status: Costs and outcomes of care in Philadelphia

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 236-241

  Crawford, Albert G ^a   Goldfarb, Neil ^a   May, Reuel ^a   Moyer, Kerry ^b   Jones, Jayne ^b   Nash, David B ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Case mix; Case mix adjustment; For profit hospitals; Health services research; Hospital mergers; Length of stay; Mortality; Quality; Severity; Severity adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040668292     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060201700606     Document Type: Article

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