title: On the appropriateness of small-area analysis for cost containment.
authors.affiliation: Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wennberg
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D014481:United States