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What Do Mortality Studies Reveal about Hospital Volume, Teaching Status, And Ownership?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Joyce V. Kelly
Joyce V. Kelly
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Association of American Medical Colleges
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Abstract

Numerous recent studies use risk-adjusted patient mortality rates to measure hospital performance, focusing on such hospital characteristics as volume of patients, teaching status, and ownership. This article summarizes the empirical findings of these studies, critiques their methods and models, and offers recommendations for overcoming several obstacles to meaningful correlation of patient outcomes and provider performance.

Type
Special Section: Measuring Health Care Effectiveness: Use of Large Data Bases for Technology and Quality Assessments
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , January 1990 , pp. 239 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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