Analysis of length-of-stay differences between investor-owned and voluntary hospitals.
In contrast to assertions that investor-owned (I-O) hospitals are more efficient than voluntary hospitals, this study finds no significant difference between I-Os and voluntaries where the efficiency measure is length of hospitalization (LOH). The data base used is a national probability sample of hospitals and patients. The analysis accounts for variation in LOH by controlling for hospital characteristics other than ownership, and in particular it utilizes a new case-mix index to control for the case-mix portion of heretofore suggested differences.
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D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D007902:Length of Stay; D008484:Medicaid; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States