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Case-mix differences between hospital outpatient departments and private practice
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Case-mix differences between hospital outpatient departments and private practice

J. Lion and S. Altman
Health Care Financing Review, Vol.4(1), pp.89-98
1982

Abstract

controlled study diagnosis hospital organization and management private practice psychological aspect review therapy Costs and Cost Analysis Diagnosis-Related Groups Family Practice Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Outpatient Ambulatory Care Internal Medicine Pediatrics Time and Motion Studies United States
The belief that patients seen in hospital outpatient departments are sicker than those patients seen by private practice physicians is examined in this article. A large scale data set developed by Robert Mendenhall at the University of Southern California and modeled on the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is used for secondary analysis. Differences in case-mix complexity were found to be slight, using two separate techniques.

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