On the Hospital Volume and Outcome Relationship: Does Specialization Matter More Than Volume?

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2019-2036

  Lee, Kris C L ^a   Sethuraman, Kannan ^c   Yong, Jongsay ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

hospital quality; Hospital volume and outcome; risk adjustment; specialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VICTORIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OWNERSHIP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84955249270     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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