Method to develop health care peer groups for quality and financial comparisons across hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2P1, 2009, Pages 577-592

  Byrne, Margaret M ^a   Daw, Christina N ^b   Nelson, Harlan A ^c   Urech, Tracy H ^b   Pietz, Kenneth ^b   Petersen, Laura A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SYNEOS HEALTH   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Euclidean distance; Nearest neighbor; Peer groups; Quality of care comparisons

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 62449200223     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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