The AHA cost and intensity indexes: a rejoinder.
Conventional studies point to the spiraling cost of hospital services as the principal, if not the only, cause of escalating hospital expenditures; but using the AHA's Hospital Intensity Index to obtain a measure of the "real" volume of services provided by the industry opens up a whole new perspective--a perspective that gives attention to the role played by increased demand for services, as opposed to mere cost control.
D000573:American Hospital Association; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004180:Direct Service Costs; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D004526:Efficiency; D007902:Length of Stay; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States