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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
In order to test the hypothesis that medical staff physicians affect hospital behavior, this paper relates cost data for a sample of non-major-teaching, short-term hospitals to information on the characteristics of the medical staff which treats patients in those hospitals. Measured characteristics of the staff include specialty mix of attending physicians, board-certification status, and the concentration of hospital output among attending physicians. Medical staff variables are found to be as important as measured casemix in explaining cost variation across hospitals. The results are shown to have implications for behavioral models of the hospital and for hospital reimbursement policy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-166X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-111
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Medical staff characteristics and hospital costs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.