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19414903

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Providers with lower costs may be more efficient and, therefore, provide better care than those with higher costs. However, the relationship between risk-adjusted costs (often described as efficiency) and quality is not well understood. We examined the relationship between hospitals' risk-adjusted costs and their structural characteristics, nursing levels, quality of care, and outcomes. U.S. hospitals with low risk-adjusted costs were more likely to be for-profit, treat more Medicare patients, and employ fewer nurses. They provided modestly worse care for acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure but had comparable rates of risk-adjusted mortality. We found no evidence that low-cost providers provide better care.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1544-5208
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
897-906
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Measuring efficiency: the association of hospital costs and quality of care.
pubmed:affiliation
Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ajha@hsph.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't