Associations among Hospital Capacity, Utilization, and Mortality of US Medicare Beneficiaries, Controlling for Sociodemographic Factors.

Authors

E. S. Fisher, Dartmouth College
J. E. Wennberg, Dartmouth College
T. A. Stukel, Dartmouth College
J. S. Skinner, Dartmouth College
S. M. Sharp, Dartmouth College

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