title: Wennberg: Administrators must pursue policies that reduce excess beds, employees.
abstract: Wennberg's landmark research shows that physician practice patterns underlie much of the variation in utilization among hospital markets. In this interview, he says further study of utilization will turn health policy decisions from cost to issues of volume and quality.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006760:Hospitalization; D010820:Physicians; D014481:United States