Could Distance be a Proxy for Severity-of-Illness? A Comparison of Hospital Costs in Distant and Local Patients.

Authors

H G. Welch, Dartmouth College
E B. Larson
W P. Welch

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1993

Publication Title

BioMed Central Health Services Research

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

We test the hypothesis that hospital costs, after adjusting for DRG mix, are higher in distant patients than in local patients. Data were obtained from the Washington State Commission Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS) and included all patients discharged from 15 metropolitan hospitals in the state of Washington during fiscal year 1987 (N = 181,072).

Comments

H G Welch;E B Larson;W P Welch

Original Citation

Welch HG, Larson EB, Welch WP. Could distance be a proxy for severity-of-illness? A comparison of hospital costs in distant and local patients. Health Serv Res. 1993;28(4):441-458.

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Welch, H G.; Larson, E B.; and Welch, W P., "Could Distance be a Proxy for Severity-of-Illness? A Comparison of Hospital Costs in Distant and Local Patients." (1993). Dartmouth Scholarship. 625.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/625