The hospital compare mortality model and the volume - Outcome relationship

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1148-1167

  Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,c,d   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^c,d   Brachet, Tanguy J ^b,c   Ross, Richard N ^b   Bressler, Laura J ^b   Even Shoshan, Orit ^b,c   Lorch, Scott A ^b,c   Volpp, Kevin G ^c,d,e  

^a Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; Hospital Compare; mortality; random effects model

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COMPARE RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BED OCCUPANCY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956581461     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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