Bringing responsibility for small area variations in hospitalization rates back to the hospital: The propensity to hospitalize index and a test of the Roemer's Law

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1062-1067

  Shwartz, Michael ^a,b   Peköz, Erol A ^b   Labonte, Alan ^a   Heineke, Janelle ^b   Restuccia, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitals; Roemer's Law; small area variations

Indexed keywords

AGED; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY TO HOSPITALIZE INDEX; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; ROEMER LAW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355127386     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182353907     Document Type: Review

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