One Strategy for Controlling Costs in University Teaching Hospitals.

Thompson, John D.; And Others

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One Strategy for Controlling Costs in University Teaching Hospitals

Thompson, John D.; And Others

Journal of Medical Education, 53, 3, 167-75, Mar 78

A methodology is outlined that can be used by teaching hospitals in determining their costs of treating patients with a complex mix of diagnoses. It is not held that case mix alone explains all cost differences between teaching and nonteaching hospitals, but that factor must be isolated before examining other variables. (Author/LBH)

Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Higher Education, Hospitals, Medical Services, Patients, Predictor Variables, Teaching Hospitals, Universities

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