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Type: Journal Article × Start date: 2000 × End date: 2009 × Author: Jensen, Paul × Author: Webster, Elizabeth × Author: WITT, JULIA ×

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    HOSPITAL TYPE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION USING AMI READMISSION AND MORTALITY RECORDS
    Jensen, PH ; Webster, E ; Witt, J (WILEY, 2009-12)
    This paper investigates whether there are differences in patient outcomes across different types of hospitals using patient-level data on readmission and mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Hospitals are grouped according to their ownership type (private, public teaching, public non-teaching) and their location (metropolitan, country and remote country). Using data collected from 130 Victorian hospitals on 19,000 patients admitted to a hospital with their first AMI between January 2001 and December 2003, we consider how the likelihood of unplanned re-admission and mortality varies across hospital type. We find that there are significant differences across hospital types in the observed patient outcomes - private hospitals persistently outperform public hospitals.