Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2000
Publication Title
BioMed Central Health Services Research
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
To explore whether geographic variations in Medicare hospital utilization rates are due to differences in local hospital capacity, after controlling for socioeconomic status and disease burden, and to determine whether greater hospital capacity is associated with lower Medicare mortality rates.
Original Citation
Fisher ES, Wennberg JE, Stukel TA, Skinner JS, Sharp SM, Freeman JL, Gittelsohn AM. Associations among hospital capacity, utilization, and mortality of US Medicare beneficiaries, controlling for sociodemographic factors. Health Serv Res. 2000 Feb;34(6):1351-62. PMID: 10654835; PMCID: PMC1089085.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Fisher, E. S.; Wennberg, J. E.; Stukel, T. A.; Skinner, J. S.; and Sharp, S. M., "Associations among Hospital Capacity, Utilization, and Mortality of US Medicare Beneficiaries, Controlling for Sociodemographic Factors." (2000). Dartmouth Scholarship. 620.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/620