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3921782

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
The case loads of 11 teaching and 20 nonteaching hospitals are compared, using the original 383 diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to analyze the extent to which case-mix differences contribute to differences in average cost per case. Case-mix differences are concentrated in a small proportion of DRGs. Teaching hospitals have relatively more surgery cases and neoplasms, and nonteaching hospitals have more cases with heart conditions and infectious diseases. Most nonteaching hospitals have a similar case mix, but among the teaching hospitals, there are two distinct case-mix types, one with which only teaching hospitals are correlated, one that correlates with both teaching and nonteaching hospitals. The average cost per case is more than 60% more expensive in teaching hospitals. Only approximately one quarter of this higher cost is accounted for by case-mix differences. The rest results from the fact that patients in the same DRGs cost more, on average, in teaching than in nonteaching hospitals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0025-7079
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Case-mix and cost differences between teaching and nonteaching hospitals.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't